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Chapter 100: Brawl Night Part 2
"Alright, witches, demons, ghouls, and creeps!"
The spotlight was directed to a booth where sat a demon blue frog with yellow eyes, black plus-sign pupils, and a green suit. He was holding a microphone.
"This is Hermit D. Fraug here to announce the Bonesborough Brawl! With my co-commentator, Driva Nago!"
Standing next to Fraug was a muscular witch man with a square jaw, straight cut white hair, piercing eyes, and a frown look. He looked big enough to be Simon's height with his overly muscular physique. He was wearing a yellow suit.
"I must break you(Thanks Hermit, glad to be here today)," he spoke with a subtitle spell appearing around him.
"Driva Nago, who graduated from Hexside, is one of the best veteran Brawlers and punching champions, who is known to be so strong, his punches can give you brain damage! That is, until he was defeated by Warden Wrath who took the belt as champion!" Hermit declared. "Sorry pal, it must be hard to lose like that."
"I must break you(No worries, it's all water under the bridge)," he said while his face remained unemotional.
"Right," Hermit replied with a nod. "Alright, you know the rules. Contestants will fight one-on-one. Not just for the honor, not for glory, but for the ultimate bragging rights as the toughest dueler on the Isles!" The audience cheered at that.
"I will crush you(The last ones standing will get the chance to swipe the coveted Brawler's Belt from our reigning champion, Warden Wrath!)" Driva declared.
Wrath was up on his platform, flexing his muscles. The audience cheered for the warden.
"Yay, daddy!" Braxus cheered for his father.
But in the audience, Nina just rolled her eyes. "Ugh, I never liked the guy, I hope someone puts him in his place this year," Nina told Lambi.
"Who do you think will win against him?" Lambi asked.
"Well, I guess I'm placing my bet on either Luz or Simon if he's as tough as his big brother," Nina responded.
"And now in the first round, we have Scab the All-Knowing versus Bonesborough's bad girl... Luz Clawthorne!"
Stepping into the ring was Scab the All-Knowing, who faced off against Luz.
"This is an easy win," Luz declared while Scab scoffed.
"Don't underestimate me, little bat!" Scab shouted. "I am known as the All-Knowing! I know all the outcomes that can happen in this fight!"
Luz rolled her eyes while whispering to herself. "You good, Maya?"
'Yeah, I am.' Maya responded in Luz's mind. 'Also I wanted to say I'm sorry for being quiet earlier. I thought that you and Amity could use some privacy, and um, I'm not really good at the whole 'comforting someone' thing. Dealing with emotions is not my strong suit.'
"It's no big, Maya," Luz replied while getting in a fighting stance. "Let's just have some fun."
"Now… it's time to brawl!" Hermit declared as the bell rang.
** Intro by Crosshot **
The Clawthornes' new portal appears and opens. In a flash of light, Luz is free-falling with a smile on her face before extending her wings and gliding to the ground in the woods. She's joined by Amity, Willow, and Gus (now in his goth attire) flying down on their staves as they each use different spells: Luz fires a lightning glyph, Amity launches a fire spell, Willow summons a carnivorous plant, and Gus shoots three light spells which flash brightly. When the flash dies, Eda spins her staff around as Donna (dressed as Wonder Witch) manifests her keyblade next to her. Hunter (now with his new haircut) slides in after teleporting as does harpy Lilith, Skara and Nina jump down both partially turning half-beast, Jimmy and Tugs on their shoulders, and Camila holds King on her shoulder as Boscha throws forward a potion bottle which explodes when King roars at it.
The smoke clears and shows five panels in a background showing the symbols of the Coven Heads on top, the Owl House on the bottom left, and the Emperor's Castle on the bottom right. The panels show stills of Gibson arrogantly smiling in the left frame, Steve looking down at his own mask in the middle left, Emily glaring in her Golden Guard uniform surrounded by blue flames in the middle, Kikimora looking miserable in the middle right, and Arthur & Destiny sharing a sinister look in the far right. The frames flip and now show the Grim Goblin, Steve in his casual clothes and protectively standing in front of Hiraki, the Golden Guard putting on the mask but not without showing part of Cross's face, Kikimora tenting her claws like she's plotting something with an unsettling gleam in her eye, and Odalia turning away looking like she's ready to cry.
The panels burn away to show Wonder Witch and the rest of LOWTH, now including Emira, Gavin, Sioux, Riley, Sarah, Roxy, Minerva and Lindsay. The shot focuses on Emira as Ms. Chievious before switching to an angry Edric with glowing eyes alongside Mel and her gang, the fae looking ready for a fight. Raine and Star stand back-to-back wearing cloaks before Emperor Belos appears at the castle with all 9 Coven Heads (Alador looking torn, Terra smirking malevolently, and Adrian shifting his eyes looking rather paranoid) and Abel present as he raises his staff before red lightning strikes.
Cut to Luz in her cambion form racing Amity, Willow, Gus, and Skara on their staffs in Gravity Falls at sunset. They pass the Pines and Gates families, Luz managing to fist-bump Clara and Dipper as Wendy, Soos, Vee (with her new hair color), Mabel's friends, Nora and the other Gatesfield teens see them pass. A sudden flash puts them in Metropelvis, where they pass by the Shadowy Secret Expozers, the Drakescale family, and Boscha's gang before Nina, who has cheetah legs, joins and overtakes them only to stop when they find the Golden Guard standing in front of them with the Boiling Isles Guardians in the back. Before anybody can make a move, a smokescreen goes off.
When the smoke clears, the kids have been joined by Luz's family (including Camila and Hooty, who's carried by Lilith in his porta-pack), Hunter, and LOWTH. Everyone looks up to see Nicole, the Inner Demon, the Grim Goblin, Grimhilde, and Director Gates using different methods of flight to appear before them only for them to vanish due to being illusions with Emily, Sonya, Lupe, Draco, Mel's gang and Edric replacing them. Everyone takes fighting stances, and Luz's eyes suddenly turn white; she makes a spell circle which shoots out a flurry of snow. The logo, Luz Clawthorne: Two Worlds, One Family, appears in pale gold before suddenly becoming encased in ice. The ice breaks, leaving the logo snow white with the "C" (which has turned into a claw) glowing icy blur.
Scab held his crystal ball up, shooting a black lightning attack at Luz. She dodged the attack while turning into her cambion form, her scales turning ice.
"Ear ice, Scabbies!" Luz shouted while shooting ice at her opponent.
Scab dodged as he engulfed himself into his own shadow, moving around the ring and avoiding the ice blasts. He rose back up once Luz stopped.
Amity was surprised to see Scab using his own shadow to move around. "I didn't know you can do that with shadow magic…"
"I've heard that it's a thing for Oracles to do," Boscha replied while standing beside Amity.
"Shadow magic is very important in the Oracle Coven," spoke up a purple hooded witch who hid their face. "Sometimes you can control the shadows from other people and objects, to use for whatever you need. You can even mix shadows with lightning magic like Scab does."
"Uh thanks, didn't know that, um…" Amity said while the purple hooded figure looked away.
"Just call me… Beadak the Haze," she replied while walking away from them.
Boscha noticed that hanging onto Beadak's person was a doll that looked strangely familiar…
While Boscha was distracted, Amity whispered to Sam. "I think I could use you for the Brawl and pass you off as oracle magic that I got from my mom, Sam…"
"I think I got the same idea as well," Sam replied to Amity.
Luz flew around while Scab tried to shoot lightning at her. "Come on, I'm not even trying!" she declared while yawning.
"Hold still!" he shouted while shooting lightning bolts at her from the ground. Luz then decided to stop playing around, drawing a spell circle to create a light spell, flashing Scab with a bright light. "AAH!" he cried while covering his eyes.
He then felt himself getting grabbed from behind before being effortlessly thrown out of the ring by Luz.
"The winner is Luz Clawthorne! Wow, in the first round she blindsided Scab the All-Knowing!" Hermit declared.
"I will crush you(She lives up her reputation as a bad girl)," Driva said.
Once Luz stepped out of the ring to let the next match commence, she met up with Amity.
"Can't wait to see your match soon," Luz commented. "Do you know who you're going up against?"
"Not sure, but I'm prepared nonetheless," Amity said while forming her Abomi-suit.
"And now give it up for the Holder brothers, Cups and Mugs, versus the Punching Toad Brothers, Gibby and Grook!"
Cups and Mugs faced off against the two brothers, a pair of biped toad demons. One was light green, Gibby, and one was brown, Grook. They were both wearing boxing gloves.
"Let's show these guys what we're made of, Mugs!" Cups declared.
"You know it, Cups!" Mugs replied.
"Begin!"
Cups and Mugs aimed their fingers as they began shooting beams at the toads while the two toad brothers swung their stretchy arms in an attempt to punch their opponents. The brothers split up, Cups dodging the punches while Mugs jumped over Grook when he rolled toward him. Gibby shot out fire spit at them.
"Whoa! That's a gross move!" Cups complained while dodging the attack.
"Huh, didn't know they have double-team plays," Amity commented.
"Must be something similar to Smash Bros," Luz replied. "Like if you have the Ice Climbers together as a playable character, you can use them in tournament mode."
"I don't know about that, but that Cups and Mugs duo looks like they're having a hard time against those Toad Brothers," Boscha said. "The Toad Brothers are heavy-weight punchers, they're gonna clobber those two."
In the crowd, Mel saw that Cups and Mugs were having trouble and she gave a smirk as her eyes glowed.
"Oof!" Cups grunted as he took a powerful hit from Gibby's punch. Mugs ran over to his brother, but they were both close to being knocked out of the ring.
"It looks like it's the end for us, Cups!" Mugs cried out.
"No way, not giving up on this fight!" Cups shouted while he kept shooting beams at the Toads, but they jumped over the shots and slammed down in front of them. The two amphibian bipeds look down at the two witch boys, about to finish them off until their eyes flashed for a second. Gibby ended up punching Grook.
"Hey! Watch where you're punching, Gibby!" Grook shouted at his brother.
"Well if you weren't in my way, Grooky!" Gibby shot back at his brother, earning him a punch from Grook. "Ow! Why I outta!"
The two Toads started fighting against each other, which left Cups and Mugs confused. However, the latter two moved aside as Gibby and Grook punched each other so much they ended up falling out of the ring while continuing to argue and fight.
"Well… that's surprising," Hermit stated. "The winners are Cups and Mugs by default!"
"I will crush you(With the Toad Brothers together in a ring, of course they'd fight against each other)," Driva added.
Cups and Mugs looked at each other before they jumped up and high fived. "Success!" they declared.
"Now then, the next match has someone we've all been waiting to see! He comes from a strong family line, he is the youngest of the Saltstars, give it up for Simon Saltstar!"
Simon walked up into the ring as the audience cheered.
"And his opponent, she's the all-star captain of the St. Epiderm's grudgeby team, The Dragons, and is known to one of St. Epiderm's toughest students! Roxy Armstrong!"
Stepping up was Roxy, who wore a white tank top and black jersey pants, brown boots, and brown gloves.
"Looks like Roxy's up," Boscha said with a smile. "This will be interesting."
"You know her?" Luz asked.
"Met her at the beach, she is a good match up for Simon," Boscha explained.
"Just so you know, I promise to not make you cry when you lose," Roxy told Simon.
"Sorry to say, but this match is mine," Simon responded as the two got into a fighting stance.
"Ready? Fight!"
In an instant, Roxy and Simon charged at each other, Simon delivering a punch while Roxy blocked with a kick. The two pulled back, Roxy stomping on the ground to summon pieces of the ground, forming them around her arms to make large fists.
She threw a punch and Simon made an X-block that the punch collided with. He delivered a punch to the ground, creating a rocky fist as well, and he began punching while she continued punching as well. Their hits got faster and faster.
"Wow, I have never seen some punching action in the ring! What do you make of this, Driva?" Hermit asked his co-commentator.
"I will crush you(It appears that Roxy is using a kind of Construction magic known as Construction Creation. Said to be an ancient form of Construct-Kai, invented by former Construction Coven Head Duddly Drillbone, who had made the five forms of Construction Creation that is often used to fight: 'Cuffs' which Roxy is using, along with 'Drill', 'Hammer', 'Lock' and 'Breaker'. It appears that Ms. Armstrong has learned those techniques, makes you wonder if the young Saltstar will be able to withstand her fighting-style)," Driva commented.
"Drill? Lock?" Luz listed off. "Is it just me or this is getting a little lore heavy right now?"
"Wait until you hear about Plant-Fu and Abomibratva," Amity replied, which made Luz even more confused by the many fighting styles in the Boiling Isles…
Simon and Roxy continued their fight as Simon threw punches at Roxy's ground gauntlets. She sidestepped and threw her first at him, letting go of her ground gauntlet as she aimed it at Simon's face.
He ducked as the fist flew by him like a missile, hitting the ground behind him and creating an explosion. "Is that the best you got?"
Roxy smirked. "Let me show you my best…" Her eyes glowed yellow as she placed her hands on the ground of the ring. Suddenly, popping out from the ring was a large, humanoid version of Roxy, rising up from the ground behind her, with only her top half connected to the ground. Simon's eyes widened, seeing that the St. Epiderm's toughest constructionist had made a large statue of herself.
"Ever since the Scarfish incident, I've practiced using this kind of construction technique… learning puppet-magic while combining it with my construction magic to create a construction model of myself made from the ground... I call her… Giga-Rox!" Roxy declared. As she moved, Giga-Rox moved as well as both got in sync.
"Looks like Roxy's bringing in her A-game! Will Simon survive from the large, stony giantess?" Hermit cried out.
Giga-Rox threw the punch to where Simon was, causing him to jump sideways as the fist collided with the ground. He saw another fist launched to target him. He jumped back as he used construction magic to fight another upcoming fist targeting him. His fist collided with Giga-Rox's fist, using his might to push back the large fist. He flipped over as he landed on the hand, running up the arm.
"Simon's dashing up the arm!"
'There's gotta be a weak point to this statue, like a support,' he thought while looking at the Giga-Rox's upper body connected to the ground. 'If this statue works like a body, then the weak points have to be the joints… the elbow, shoulder, and neck!'
With his hand in a karate-chop form, Simon swung it down on the elbow, which created a large crack that spread up to the upper arm and the shoulder, breaking it off. Giga-Rox roared as Simon jumped up in the air, swinging his leg around to create a large slash in the air as it targeted the neck…
SLASH!
The slash cut the neck of Giga-Rox and it fell down backwards. The entire upper-body statue started crumbling down to pieces, Roxy jumping away from the construct. The audience backed away from the falling debris and cloud of dust.
Once the smoke cleared, Roxy stood up on top of her fallen statue. Simon stood as well.
"Well, that was a good test run," Roxy said while looking up to him and catching her breath.
"You okay?" Simon asked her.
"Using that amount of magic can wear me out," Roxy responded, looking like she was about to topple over until Simon helped her out.
"Easy, maybe you should rest," Simon advised. "If you're exhausted, better to call it quits."
"Not gonna knock me out?" she asked.
"Nah, I think you're already told," Simon told her.
Roxy gave him a look. "Next time, I won't lose." she said as she threw her hand up.
"Looks like Roxy Armstrong can't continue!" Hermit declared. "The winner is Simon Saltstar who'll make it to the next round!"
"I will break you(Such good sportsmanship)," Driva replied, both clapping to Simon's victory.
"Yeah! Way to go, cousin!" Boscha cheered for her cousin while Luz and Amity clapped.
"Man, now that was some shounen-style action right here," Luz commented. "And it looks like you're up, Amity."
Amity nodded. "Wish me luck," she said as Luz gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Give your opponent hell, my babata," Luz told her while Amity climbed into the ring.
"Alright, after clearing the debris, we're moving on to our next fighters!" Hermit declared. "Showing up after last night's-" Hermit noticed Luz and Boscha looking at him from a distance with a glare. His lips folded out of nervousness. "Um… well, I guess I'm not supposed to say that," he said while lowering his head. "She's um, got the might, Grom Queen and slayer of Fae-dragons, give it up for Amity Goodfellow!"
Amity stood there while noticing her opponent wore a pink cloak as they marched up. They were also quite large.
"And facing her is a sponsored fighter from Blight Industries," Hermit declared. "Well, I would call it ironic, but you know, here to fight for the belt and advertise, give it up for… Goregon the Abomi-Stealer!"
Removing his cloak, Amity's opponent was revealed to be Goregon, wearing his Abomination-armor that had a large spike on his helmet head, broad metal shoulders, and the Blight Industries symbol on his chest plate and back. He also had large, abomi-slimy metal hands, and large stump feet.
"Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk! Finally, I get to fight you one-on-one, Hexside's top Abominations!" Goregon declared while controlling his large armor.
"You've got to be kidding me," Amity said while narrowing her eyes at him through her mask.
Nina choked on her drink when she saw Goregon.
"What the fuck, Goregon?!" Nina exclaimed.
"You know him?" Lambi asked her. "Actually, I think I do recognize him from the school war..."
"Yeah, he was top at Abominations back at Glandus, at least was," Nina replied while in shock. "Since when did he get bailed?"
"Maybe this is part of his community service?" Lambi suggested. "Do you think it's possible the Abominations Coven made a deal with him of some sort?"
"I don't know…" Nina admitted.
Amity had her mask on as Goregon mocked her. "I'm going to enjoy showing how great I am for Professor Blanc! Wherever he is…"
"That teacher means nothing to me," Amity told him.
"Then I guess I'll show your daddy how great I am in stealing your Abomination from you! Hope you don't let yesterday's trial get the better of you!" Goregon mocked, which only made Amity silently glare at him. "Ooh, touch a nerve, did I?"
"Ready? Fight!"
Goregon charged at Amity as he threw the first punch at her, which Amity dodged by jumping sideways. She saw him turning straight towards her while shooting abomi-goo at her that formed into fists. This got her to jump up in the air and do a flip, which impressed the audience as they watched her twirl in the air and land behind Goregon. She shot her abomi-webs, which ended up sticking to his back.
"Where'd you go?!" he demanded to know as he looked around for her, not realizing she was on top of the back of his armor.
"Funny, I thought you'd be smarter if you're Blanc's top student," Amity spoke up, knocking on his head. She jumped up just as Goregon attempted to slap her with his metal hand, only to slap himself which resulted in him being knocked back.
"Oof!" he cried out while falling back.
"You think you're good enough to be Head Witch Blight's apprentice?" Amity questioned while bringing out the helm of the Sword of Adam. As she brought out the blade, its eye glowed.
"What… that sword…" Goregon said, recognizing that sword.
Amity was engulfed into an Abomination's head that rose from the ground. The audience was shocked to see Amity don the Abomi-Knight armor as she got into a fighting stance
"She's got that sword?!" Nina said in shock, recognizing the sword.
"You know it?" Lambi asked.
"Yeah, it was something Emily was searching for and eventually acquired," Nina explained. "But I don't think I've seen that giving Emily some kind of special armor…"
Blazer overheard this while watching the match closely.
Boscha looked shocked to see the sword and Amity's armor. "Wow, didn't know Amity could do that… what's with the sword?"
"It's called the Sword of Adam," Luz explained. "Used to belong to Tricks, but now they accept Amity as their new wielder."
"Oh… wait, 'they'?" Boscha asked in confusion.
"It's um… alive, to some extent," Luz responded. "At least, I think it is…"
The blade of the Sword of Adam drew flames straight down as Amity eyed at her opponent. Holding it straight up, she slowly paced around Goregon, who looked shocked to see her with that sword.
"So what if you have a fancy sword?" Goregon asked with a snarl while stomping on the ground. "It won't stop me from taking you down! YAAH!" he roared while charging towards Amity.
"Abominación…"
The glow of Amity's eyes through her helmet burst into pinkish light as Goregon drew closer to her. But at an instant, like a pink line dashed through Goregon, Amity the Abomi-Knight dashed through him. Goregon's armor froze up, which confused the boy.
"Huh…?" Goregon asked in confusion.
"...Cortando Lluvia… Púrpura!" Amity declared while kneeling with the sword held down. As for Goregon, sparks popped around his armor, followed by an explosion of flames that burst out of the armor, destroying it. Goregon was shot out from the armor and fell out of the ring.
"YAAAAAH!" he cries out, falling down out of bounds.
"Is that the best Arthur and Destiny got?" Amity asked while looking down at Goregon. "Blight Industries is going downhill…" she said while keeping her cool.
"Wow! Never seen this kind of attack before! The winner, is Amity Goodfellow!" Hermit declared while the crowd cheered.
Amity walked out of the ring after her victory, powering down her armor. "Way to go, Ams!" Luz shouted as she rushed over, grabbing Amity by the waist as she swirled her around, Boscha and Simon also walking over.
"Hehe, thanks, Luz!" Amity replied with a laugh as Luz set her down.
"I've never seen Abomination magic doing that before," Boscha admitted.
"It's all in the sword, really," Amity confessed, showing the sword to Boscha and Simon.
"With a blade like that, you'd probably make it up to the Semi-Finals!" Simon commented.
Watching her sister, Edric was shocked about the outcome of her match. He was also curious about what the sword she was holding.
"Hey, Ed," Mel spoke up, causing him to turn and be met with a kiss from her. "Wish me luck when I'm in the ring," she said while gazing into his eyes with a sweet look.
"R-Right," Edric said, giving her a nod.
After watching Amity's match on the Crystal Ball, Alador couldn't help but be curious about the sword she was holding and that armor…
"Al," spoke up Gibson, drawing his attention. "Your break's over, let's focus on the project."
"I'm coming," Alador responded, looking at the CB one more time as it showed the start of the next match before he turned back to Gibson.
At the orphanage, Donna gives Roxy a call on her crow.
"You did well on your match, Roxy!" Donna congratulated her.
"Thanks, Donna," Roxy responded. "That Simon… he was tough, but my Giga-Rox could use some work in case we face giant enemies again."
"I'm sure you'll perfect it," Donna told her.
"Yeah… oh, by the way, I saw that werecat girl you've mentioned… Nina, right?" Roxy asked, which surprised Donna.
"Nina? Is she participating?" Donna asked her.
"Doesn't seem like it, seems she's part of the audience," Roxy responded. "And it looks like she's on a date…"
"A… date?" Donna asked, even more surprised, "With who?"
"Some girl with horns… looks pretty though," Roxy said. "Well, I'm just gonna sit back. Good luck with the orphanage!"
As Roxy hung up, Donna stared off into space before one of the kids spoke up.
"Excuse me, Ms. Donna," spoke a little witch girl with bobcut black hair, brown eyes, red skin, and antennas sticking out from her forehead. She wore a black and green dress with green leggings, and black flats. "Do we have any snacks in the cabinet?"
"Oh um, sure. Let me get you a snack, Jesse," Donna replied while going to the cabinet, trying to get her mind off of Nina right now. "What do you like? We got Scrunch Crackers, Choco-Crickets…"
"Blood Puffs," Jesse said immediately.
"Right, here you go," Donna said as she handed her the bag. "Now let me just get a bowl for-" She saw Jesse rush upstairs in a hurry. "Jesse! I thought you were watching the Brawl with us!"
"Alright! Onto the next match!"
Mel stepped forward, facing off against her hooded opponent who carried an ax.
"The mysterious girl in purple, the Menacing Mel, going up against the Flexicutioner!"
"I will chop you down!" Flexicutioner declared.
Mel gave him a look and smirked. "Is that supposed to be a burn? Wow, you must be on… fire, today."
"Ready? Fight!"
Flexicutioner charged at Mel, leaving a gap. He swung his ax at her, but she easily dodged and cartwheeled around before he slammed his ax down on the ground. She cast a few spells at him, but he easily blocked them.
"Come on, is that all you got?!" Mel taunted while Flexicutioner swung his ax up to launch a chunk of the ground towards her. Mel swiftly dodged the chunks before walking away while dusting off her shoulders as she saw him rushing up to her again.
She jumped up when he swung the ax again and managed to kick the ax away from her. This surprised Flexicutioner before Mel made herself disappeared. He looked around for her. "Where did you go?" he asked.
"You really are on fire today."
Mel appeared behind him and she snapped her fingers. An explosion occurred, launching Flexicutioner out of the ring and into the distance.
"AAAH!" he cried out while on fire.
"And it looks like the Menacing Mel moves up the round!" Hermit declared.
"I will crush you(She's quite skilled for a witch of her size)." Driva declared.
"She's impressive in the fighting department, even her magic's a little… basic," Luz commented.
"Yeah," Amity agreed, seeing Mel walking down to hug Edric as they celebrated their victory. "Didn't know she could cast illusions…"
"Makes you think if she's into mix-tracking," Boscha comments while keeping an eye on Mel, who was near Trini. When Trini caught her staring, she winked and Boscha turned away. "Her friends are weird…"
"And now up to our next challengers! The tall and tempting Trini-Bad versus the working constructionist Grail Rhodes!"
Trini walked up to the ring, facing off against a teal-skinned demon in a red red shirt and blue jeans, goggles and a black apron with a red bandanna, and a gray beard and ponytail.
"It's defeat o'clock for you, missy!" he shouted at Trini
"Oh… I'm so scared~!" Trini said while walking over, swaying her hips while raising her hands to grip her face. "Try not to hurt me much…"
"Ready? Fight!"
Grail Rhodes started by drawing spell circles, bringing out large chunks of the ground and aiming them at Trini. Trini looked at the chunks coming at her and she smirked before she held her fists up to punch the chunks to pieces. This shocked Grail and the audience.
"Is that how good you can get?" she asked while her eyes glowed crimson red. Her arms had thorns wrapped around them. The thorns then formed into drill-like claws on her hands as she swayed herself towards Grails. "Let me show you my best!"
Grails saw her coming up to attack him. He stomped the ground to summon blockades, but Trini slashed those blockades as she slashed at him.
"Ack!" he gasped, feeling the scratch on his shirt. She then raised her leg up, straight up kicking him across his chin with her heel, leaving a slash of blood across his chest. Then she brought her boot down to stomp on him on the back of his head, knocking him down on the floor.
"Yes… submit to me!" she declared as she stomped on his back.
Grail coughed up blood while feeling his back shattered by Trini's attack. When she stopped, she grabbed him by the shirt and threw him across the ground. Grail groaned and he was about to get back up… when Trini appeared before him.
"W-Wait," Grail said as he backed away, but Trini just bent down.
"W-Wait what?" she asked coolly before grabbing him by the collar and slashing at his face, leaving scratches across it. "Can't hear you with all of that screaming!" she shouted while kicking him in the stomach, making him cough out more blood.
"Titan's crack, she's gonna kill him!" Boscha cried out in shock.
"This is just torture!" Simon declared.
"Hey!" Luz shouted at Trini, who stopped. "He's already down!"
Trini gave Luz a look and she smiled. "And why should I listen to you?"
"Alright, I think that's enough!" Hermit shouted to her. "Grail is already down! There's no need to continue!"
"So… did I win?" Trini asked with her eyes glowing pink as Hermit and Driva's eyes turned pink as well. As if they were… entranced.
"I will crush you(The winner is Trini-Bad)," Driva declared.
"You will move on to the next round!" Hermit agreed. "And someone get the Healing Coven over here for Grail."
In a private location, two figures were watching the Brawl from a mirror.
"You see any that interest you?" asked one shadowy figure.
"That Luz Clawthorne girl amazes me," replied the larger figure. "A human who became a Boiling Isles' cambion and she's able to cast magic… the Hellcat, Amity, also shows promise. The one named Mel does concern me, but that Simon Saltstar possesses great strength…"
"Yeah, these young witches are quite impressive," the shorter figure confessed. "And they could be useful…"
"Perhaps, though one member of the crowd did catch my eye," the larger figure said as they indicated Nina and Lambi. "That werecat… I've heard of their kind, I'm surprised that she's out this far from the reservation." They sounded intrigued before turning to the smaller figure. "Get in closer. I want to know more myself."
"As do I," the shorter figure said while disappearing into the shadows.
While watching another match, Nina's nose picked up a scent. Her eyes widened and she began looking around. "It can't be…"
"Everything alright?" Lambi asked her.
"Oh it's, um… gotta go to the restroom, nature and all," Nina said as she stood up. "I won't take long!"
"Alright! I'll be waiting!" Lambi replied as she waited.
Nina used her nose to scout around, going through the crowd to look for the familiar scent. She then saw a passing cloaked figure heading away from the crowd, making her eyes narrow.
The cloaked figure looked around, hiding by the bone marrow. The figure looked at the doll they were carrying before looking up to see Nina in front of them.
"I knew I had smelled you… Kadabe," Nina said while crossing her arms.
"Nina?" the figure asked as she uncloaked herself, revealing herself to be Kadabe. She smiled. "Nice to see you again! How have you been?"
"What are you doing here, Kadabe?" Nina asked her, not indulging in pleasantries. "First Goregon and now I see you here! Who else from Glandus is out? Tito? Weaselton?"
"It is just me and my friend, Dolly," Kadabe said as she held up the doll of Dolly. "I'm not here to cause trouble, really. But if this is about me switching sides during the school war…"
Nina sighed. "I'm over with the school war, and Glandus, and Emily," she declared. "Right now, I'm on a date, and I'm pretty sure the E.C.'s looking around for you. When I heard they raided your home, they found fake skeletons at a table…"
"Oh I did that because… actually, I don't know why I did that," Kadabe admitted. "But like I said, I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here to find someone that can help me with something…"
"Look, whatever you're doing around here, leave me out of it," Nina told her. "Just this once, I'm letting you go because I got nothing against you. But if you mess with me, I won't hesitate in turning you in. Got it?"
Kadabe nodded as she put her cloak back up. "No problem, and good luck with your date," she said while walking away from Nina.
Seeing her off, Nina gave a sigh. "Well, at least it's just two of them…"
"Ah, how interesting it is to see a werecat here, so far from the reservation," said a voice behind her.
Nina was caught by surprise, especially since she didn't smell someone sneaking up on her. She turned to the owner of the voice, who wore some kind of black oni mask that had horns and fangs. He appeared to have long red hair tied to a ponytail and a black ninja-like outfit with a silver chest plate and black loincloth, baggy black pants with blue socks in sandals, gold and silver gauntlets, and a red cloak wrapped around his neck. He had two swords that he wore behind his back.
"Titan's Crack!" Nina shouted. "Who the fuck are you?"
"Pardon me, I didn't mean to scare you," he claimed, his voice calm. "It's just… I'm surprised to see a werecat witch has come all this way to the Brawl and is not even participating. I am curious to know why."
Nina relaxed herself, sensing no threat from the masked figure. "Well, it's not like werecats aren't allowed in the Brawl, but most don't participate out of fear of going wild," Nina answered before she pointed to her collar "Besides, I'm on parole. As long as I have this around my neck, I can't go around to pick fights. Best I can do is taunt folks around here."
"I see," he responded, his face unreadable due to his mask. "Well, that's disappointing. I've always wanted to see a werecat in action…"
"Well if things were different… maybe you would get that," Nina commented. "But hey, cheer-leading's not too bad."
The masked ninja tilted her head "Cheer-leading?" he asked in confusion, not knowing what Nina was referring to.
Nina heard an explosion coming from the latest match. She turned briefly to see it, then looked back… and saw that the masked figure was gone. "Weird…"
"Moving onto the second round, she's the Dominican Witch who has the crowd buzzing! Luz Clawthorne!" Hermit declared while asking Driva. "What's a Dominican?"
"I will crush you(I don't know)," Driva said with a shrug.
"And her opponent, light as a scutterfly, but stings like a firebee, he was made to be perfect in all ways! Give it up for my main man himself, Perfect Gell!"
As Luz stood in the ring, a spotlight came out of nowhere. "Huh?" she asked, seeing her opponent flying down while soft-sounding music played. He was a biped bug demon with blue horns sticking out of his head, with a black shiny scalp and a pale face with purple stripes and helmet-like gold chin. He had brown furry shoulders and chest, with blue shell-armored skin that covered his torso, arms, and legs. He had a rigid green waist with his jointed elbows and knees having spikes. As his boot-like feet landed on the ground, two insectoid wings stuck out of his back.
"P is for priceless, that look on your face," Gell sang, which got Luz even confused. "E is for excellence, I was made for grace… R is for rrrevolution, which will be televised, F is for how fucked you are, now allow me to reprise…"
Luz blinked. "Is this a half-time show-"
"E is for eccentric, just listen to my song!" Gell continued. "C is for competition that I've waited for so long… and T is for the terror upon you I'll bestow~! Hohoho… my name is Perfect Gell, and I'd like to say… hello."
This was followed by an awkward silence before Luz had to ask herself. "Where do these guys keep coming from…?"
"You think you can take on me, little girl?" Perfect Gell asked her. "I have trained for this moment. Once I beat you, I will beat Wrath and claim the belt! You think you can hold on your own against me? The perfect demon being?"
"A little overconfident, much?" Luz asked him. "Seriously, the fact that you call yourself 'Perfect Gell' speaks of how you're overhyping yourself."
"Brat, I am the HYPE!" Perfect Gell declared as he turned to the commentators. "Start the match!"
"Let the match begin!" Hermit declared.
Luz charged at Perfect Gell, throwing the first punch with her cambion arm. Gell blocked her attack and delivered a kick to her, sending her back. She used her wings to hit him, but he blocked and grabbed her wing before throwing her to the side. Luz slid back as she looked at her opponent, who dashed towards her with a punch. Luz flipped away as she shot an ice blast at him.
Gell dodged instantly at a high speed. Luz was surprised by his velocity as he appeared in front of her. He decked Luz in the stomach, causing her to gasp. She glared at him as she flipped over, her wings changing into red claws that formed into fists and decked him in the back of his head. He also flipped and his boot-like feet kicked Luz in the face, causing her to be launched back but she stopped herself with her taloned feet sticking into the ground.
'Okay, this guy's a lot tougher than I guessed,' Luz thought as she flew back to him with her fist raised. When she threw the punch, Gell jumped up from her as he drew spell circles, shooting spell beams at Luz who had to dodge from them. She then cast a fiery X-mark at Gell. "Spicy Toss!"
Her Spicy-Toss attack only glazed Gell. He went straight through her attack, smirking. "Oh, 'Spicy Toss'? Is that all you can muster? Let me show you my true power!" He drew a spell circle, which summoned a giant fireball that flew at Luz.
Luz looked at the attack, but she didn't even move as it went towards her. Instead, her scales turned white and she raised her claws and blasted a large amount of ice at the huge fireball. A cloud of steam covered the ring as the ice and the fireball made contact. Gell flew up to look for Luz amidst all the steam.
"You think you can hide in the clouds, brat?" Gell asked while he looked around. "I have perfected my dexterity and observation, and I can look for you around…" He spotted Luz's silhouette. "There!" He launched himself at the silhouette… only to hit an ice statue version of Liz. "What?!" he shouted before he stepped on something, flames bursting out from his feet. "GAH! What the hell?! Where are you?!"
He looked around and stepped on another glyph, activating vines that popped out to entangle him. Gell cut through the vines, but then stepped on another glyph trap. This time it shot an ice spike. "GAH! Where do all of these traps come from?!" he shouted while looking around through the steam. Unable to see Luz, he decided to clear the steam by vibrating up his wings. After that, he realized that Luz wasn't anywhere in the ring.
"Up here, loser!"
Gell looked up, only to be met with Luz's hand as it slammed against his face, with three lightning glyphs hitting his face. This caused an effect of him getting electrically shocked throughout his body. However, despite the electric charge, Gell was still standing as he attempted to swipe at Luz, who flew up from the swat. Once he opened his eyes, he jumped up to attack her again. But Luz slammed a glyph on herself, turning her invisible.
"Looks like Gell is having trouble fighting off a simple high school girl!" Hermit declared.
"Shut up, Hermit! I am not having trouble!" Gell shouted at the frog announcer.
"Hey, just trying not to be biased," Hermit claimed.
Luz cleared her throat and Gell turned to see her Luz levitating above the ground thanks to her wings. She was playing the lute.
"Here is a little trick I've learned from Bard Class…" Luz said as she strummed a specific note, activating the rest of her glyphs hidden in the ground which she placed in the steam. Needless to say, chaos ensued.
Ice, fire, plant, and new combination glyphs that Luz had made all set off at once. A shocked Gell attempted to fly away, but he got caught by a tornado attack from one of Luz's new glyph combos, sending him spinning around in the air.
"AAAAHHH!" he shouted while caught in the tornado, which eventually spun him out of the ring and crashing into the ground.
"Wow! An unbelievable performance from Luz Clawthorne!" Hermit declared. "Sorry Gell, but Luz Clawthorne has won the match!"
Gell got up from the ground, he couldn't believe that he lost to a child. "Unbelievable! How could I lose?!" he shouted before he spotted someone nearby. "Oh shut up, Pickle-O!"
"Hmm?" spoke a literal pickle biped demon wearing a white cape and shoulder guard. He looked at Gell in confusion.
As Cups and Mugs entered the ring, they saw who they were facing off against: D-Josh.
"Cups and Mugs will now fight this DJ looking illusionist, D-Josh!" Hermit declared.
"Um… no hard feelings, eh Josh?" Cups asked him.
"Yeah, let's just have a good old fashioned fisticuffs, two against one isn't so bad…" Mugs suggested. "Maybe we can take turns?"
D-Josh turned to Mel, who gave him a nod of approval. He then turned to the two brothers, giving them a smirk.
"I don't see a problem here," D-Josh said.
"Alright… begin!"
D-Josh raised his arms up and they turned into cannons as they fired rocket-launched fists. The brothers quickly dodged the fists, but one of them managed to hit Cups.
"OOF!" Cups cried out as his whole body turned to light.
"Cups?" Mugs asked, looking to see his brother glowing as the light disappeared. To his shock, he saw Cups had turned… into a puppet!
"Holy crap!" he cried out, seeing himself as a puppet. "I'm a wooden boy!"
"Now then," D-Josh held his fingertips up, showing that they now had strings connected to Cups. "Beat your brother up!"
Puppet Cups, while under D-Josh's control, raised his arms to throw punches at Mugs. Mugs dodged them but then Cups shot his magic beams at him, causing Mugs to get hit by the shots. "Mugs, get out of the way!" Cups cried out, unable to cry due to being made out of wood.
"I don't wanna fight you, Cups!" Mugs cried out as he kept getting shot. He shielded himself with his magic. When he had an opening, Mugs sent a spell at D-Josh, only for them to poof away. "What the… where'd you two go?!" he cried out.
"Well, well," D-Josh said while holding Puppet Cups, turning him into a club. "Looks like you lose this round, Mugs," he declared while swinging the club at Mug's face, launching him out of the ring.
"Mugs is out of the ring!" Hermit shouted. "With Cups still in the ring, will he beat D-Josh?"
"I will crush you(Those illusions really are quite impressive)," Driva said.
D-Josh threw the club back to the ring, changing it back to Cups. The redheaded brother looked at him with a glare. "Why'd you do that?! Why'd you make me fight my brother?!"
"This isn't a friendly tournament," D-Josh said while towering over Cups. "You two lost the moment you faced me…"
"But… I thought we were friends?!" Cups asked him.
"We are, but in a Brawl, there are no friends!" D-Josh said while throwing his much larger fist at Cups, hitting him in the stomach. Cups tried to defend himself, but he keeps getting hit by these fists each time. Hit across the face, in the gut, and in the rear. Cups was suffering in the match.
"What the hell?!" Luz questioned while turning to Mel, who just smiled at the ring while Edric looked worried for Cups and Mugs. "Yo, Purple! Why are you smiling at seeing your friends beating each other up?!"
Mel sighed, turning to Edric. "It's a good show, right Ed?"
"Um… are Cups and Mugs going to be okay?" Edric asked her.
"Don't worry, D-Josh is kind of an illusionist," Mel reassured him. "And even if they are hurt, nothing that some healing patches couldn't fix up, right?"
"Well… I guess so…" Edric replied while Luz and Amity just looked at them in disbelief.
Cups then fell out of the ring. He was beaten up and not moving, but was still alive. D-Josh had simply won the match.
"Cups is unable to move! D-Josh has won and will move on to the next round!" Hermit declared.
Once the stand-by Healers carried Cups and Mugs off on stretchers, Luz and Amity sent glares at D-Josh, who walked over to be congratulated by Mel. "Something's just not right…"
"Yeah, his magic is… kinda familiar…" Luz replied.
Boscha also narrowed her eyes at D-Josh. "What kind of illusion magic was that…?"
"Now moving on to our next match! Simon Saltstar versus Tracy Speedemon of Merlin Meadows!"
As Simon entered the ring, he saw Tracy Speedemon flying down with her wings to face him.
"So, you must be Saltstar," Tracy said. She appeared to be a falcon biped demon with a rainbow colored sidecut and light-blue and gray feathered skin. She had violet eyes, a blue beak, and yellow goggles. She appeared to be wearing a brown flight jacket, a red shirt, black skirt with blue spandex pants, and her hindlegs had two toes on each of her furry talons. "Tracy Speedemon, fastest beast-witch alive!"
"Well Speedemon, let's see how long you can keep up with my strength," Simon responded while cracking his neck.
"Heh, this will be a piece of cake," Tracy responded.
"Begin!" Hermit declared.
This battle posed a simple old question: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Tracy charged in as she moved her fist towards Simon. However, despite her speed, Simon stopped her fist with his palm, his arm barely budging. She faltered back while rubbing her fist.
"Well… that burned," Tracy said while looking at Simon. "But I'm not giving up yet!" she shouted while dashing up to him, sending him kicks and punches from every direction.
Simon decided to go on the offensive, unleashing a roar and charging at Tracy while throwing his fist at her. But she jumped over his fist and flipped over his body, landing behind him. Her eyes glowed blue and duplicates of her appeared around Simon, running around as barely visible blurs.
The audience was shocked by this. "Holy crap, is she a speedster?!" Luz asked.
"Whatever that is, she's not called Speedemon for show," Roxy replied as she joined them in spectating the fight. "Lindsay and Tabrella, friends of mine, have talked about Tracy and how she's faster than a griffin at mach speed."
"Whoa… is that even possible?" Amity asked.
"Go Tracy!" Andrea cheered for her friend as she jumped up. "You can take him on!"
From their spot, Nina and Lambi spotted Andrea cheering for Tracy.
"Andrea's here?!" Nina asked in surprise.
"Oh yeah, I think I saw her in the crowd earlier," Andrea commented.
"No matter where I go, she always pops up…" Nina said, hoping that Andrea didn't interrupt their date.
Back to Simon and Tracy's match, Simon focused on the duplicates. He saw them running around until he felt a punch to the face from a fist, followed by a kick to the stomach.
"Oof!" he cried out while being kicked and punched over and over again. He realized Tracy's strategy was using her speed to overwhelm him with attacks while never getting hit himself. He shut his eyes while feeling the hits and kicks from her until he reached out and grabbed her fist before it could touch his face. "Found you."
Her duplicates disappeared while the real Tracy remained. "Sure, you caught me… but I caught you!" she declared, grabbing him by the collar and flying up in the air at high speed. "Going up!"
The crowd looked up to see Tracy flying up with Simon. Despite how heavy he was, Tracy's wings were strong enough to lift him up. She stopped when she was high enough, then she sent them both plummeting toward the ground. "Going down!" she declared while holding onto the back of his head.
As they landed, a colorful sonic rainbow occurred. The crowd covered their faces and once the dust settled, Tracy appeared to be the only one still standing, while Simon was shoved into the ground with only the lower half of his body sticking out.
"Did Simon… lose?" Amity asked in shock.
"Just wait a minute," Boscha replied with a smirk. "It's not over yet."
"Ha! Looks like I win!" Tracy declared, only to see Simon moving his legs. "Huh?"
With a roar, Simon popped out from the ground. "YAAAAAHHH!" he shouted as Tracy's eyes widened when he saw he was alright. "Wow, got that crick in my neck out with that."
"I… Impossible!" Tracy declared. "How are you still standing?!"
"Easy… I'm just very durable!" Simon declared. "And even more determined!" She charged towards Tracy, who tried to shield herself with her wings. But Simon still hit her hard enough to send her flying out of the ring.
"Ah…" Tracy groaned, her vision blurry.
"Simon Saltstar wins!" Hermit declared.
"I will crush you(Surely, this was an example of the age-old battle of strength vs speed, though this time, strength wins)," Driva explained..
Tracy groaned again as Andrea walked over to her. "Tracy! You did so good out there!"
"Yeah, but I lost," Tracy muttered while getting herself back up.
"Oh come on, I think I know what'll cheer you up," Andrea said, wrapping her arms around Tracy. "Let's get out of here and go where it will just be the two of us…"
Tracy sighed. "Well, I could go for some stress relief. Thanks, Andrea."
"What are friends for!" she replied while taking Tracy away from the crowd. "I can even make you some cupcakes!"
"And now, Amity Goodfellow versus Old Goaty!"
Amity faced off against a blue, elderly biped goat woman with glasses and a blue gown. She sported a hunched look while holding her cane. Amity looked a little nervous.
'She may be old, but I don't think I should underestimate her…' Amity thought.
Old Goaty then adopted a determined look. She grabbed her cane and broke it with her knee as she let out a roar. "YAAAAH!" Battle aura bursts around herself.
"Oh shit!" Amity cursed as she saw Old Goaty launching herself towards her. Amity didn't need to use her sword, instead drawing her spell circles to summon abomi-walls to block Old Goaty's attacks. But Old Goaty smashed through the purple slime walls and began chasing Amity around the ring until Amity had an idea.
Amity used an illusion spell to create a fog. The fog was so thick that Old Goaty couldn't see, making her stop. She felt Amity wrapping her arm around hers.
"This way, ma'am," Amity said as she led Old Goaty outside the fog. "There, safe and sound."
"Eh get off of me," Old Goaty replied before walking on the Abomi-steps that Amity made for her to walk down, rather than let her fall out of the ground. "Wait a second," Old Goaty said as she looked back and saw that she was out of the ring. "Ah nuts."
"Another Amity moves to the next round!" Hermit declared.
"I will crush you(I was worried there for a second at the end)," Driva commented, glad that Old Goaty didn't fall out of the ring.
While Mel's match commenced, Edric stood on the sidelines watching.
"Hey, Ed!" someone shouted and he turned to see King coming over to him with Maurice.
"King? Well, I haven't seen you in a while," Edric commented.
"Yeah, been busy at home taking care of this little guy," King said as he pats Maurice's head, the demon squirrel climbing up onto his skullcap. "Meet Maurice. Maurice, meet Edric."
"Wow, a demon squirrel, aren't those guys carnivorous?" Edric asked.
"Yeah, but after taking care of him, he's become my trusted animal companion," King declared. "Say um, where's Batric? I was hoping the two would meet!"
"Oh, um, he's still at home," Edric responded, shifting away awkwardly.
"I um… heard you didn't come back to the bar last night," King said while Edric fell silent. "Look Ed, I don't know what's going on with you right now, but maybe you should talk to Amity…"
"Me and Amity aren't on speaking terms," Edric said while crossing his arms.
"Well, have you been cheering your sister on?" King asked him.
"I'm cheering for my girlfriend and my friends," Edric said with a blank look "Amity doesn't need me to cheer for her, not when she's got Luz and you. Because that is the thing, she doesn't need me."
King looked at him in disbelief. "Wow, dude that's… okay, I don't know what your deal is, but I don't see why you can't cheer for them both!"
"You don't understand, not like you would," Edric told him.
King looked long and hard at Edric. "You know, I was thinking of something similar when Luz and Amity first started dating, but I learned that no matter what, I can still be a part of my sister's life even if things aren't going to be like how they used to."
"That's the difference between you and me, King," Edric told him. "You still have Luz. You are still a part of her family, which Amity now considers her family as well. Luz didn't replace you with a new brother…"
"Hey, Amity didn't replace you!" King told him.
"Are you sure about that?" Edric asked him as the match ended with Mel's opponent being thrown out of the ring.
"Mel the Menace wins the match!" Hermit announced.
Mel walked out of the ring before jumping into Edric's arms. "Oh Ed, I'm on fire today!"
"Glad you are, babe," Edric said as Mel noticed King.
"Oh, you're that adorable little scamp, King, right?" Mel asked as she knelt down. "Aren't you a cute little schmootzie…"
"What… what's a schmootzie?" King asked while Maurice looked just as confused.
"So how long have you been multi-tracking?" Nina asked as they waited for the next round to begin.
"Well, originally I was in Abominations, but when those classes were temporarily suspended I took Healing and found that I was good at it, so I stayed there. Then during the school war, I learned that I could combine my healing magic with Abomination spells to create casts for the injured," she explained. "And I decided to multi-track to explore other possibilities. Like I think casts are just the beginning. You can create many things with Abominations, right? Why not have Abomi-nurses or make appendages out of them. Oh, maybe abomi-prosthetics."
"That sounds actually practical," Nina replied.
"So what about you?" Lambi asked her. "What was it like at your old school?"
Nina paused, not sure what to say. "Oh it's… um…"
"Oh, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to," Lambi said, noticing how uncomfortable the question made Nina.
Nina looked at Lambi, appreciating the reassurance. But Nina looked down while thinking it over. She wanted this date to go well, but even without many of her old… acquaintances being around here, she knew that the truth would come out eventually. Nina learned the truth, after all. And the last thing she needed was a bad cliché liar reveal scenario.
"I'm going to be honest, because I think you should know this sooner rather than later," Nina admitted. "Back at Glandus, I was a bully. I didn't start out like that, but that school ran on a survival to the fittest decree and I wanted to be on top of that food chain. So I did whatever I needed to get there and stay there. And I… hurt a lot of people in the process. I don't think I was well-liked at Glandus. I was feared, but that is not the same thing. And I thought I had friends… but maybe I didn't. If you ask any other Glandus kid who transferred to Hexside, they would probably not say anything nice about me. Not just because I'm a werecat, but because I was a mean-spirited bully and one of Emily's top enforcers. They have every right to hate me. The one who had it worst most of all was Boscha…"
"Is… that why you want to keep your distance from her?" Lambi asked her.
"I did some messed up shit on that girl," Nina said, bringing her knees to close her chest. "I don't blame her if she hates me. Every time I see her now… it just reminds me of the bad stuff I did…"
"Oh… have you… thought of talking to her?" Lambi asked her.
"A part of me wants to, but… I don't think she would want to see me," Nina admitted, shutting her eyes.
Lambi patted her back. "Thank you, Nina. For being honest."
"You're not… afraid of me?" Nina asked her.
"I get it. You did a lot of things you now regret and I appreciate you telling me about this," Lambi said while holding onto Nina's hand. "And no. I'm not scared. I don't think I could be."
Nina looked into Lambi, relaxing as she felt the warm kindness emanating from Lambi, just like at the temple. Her tail ended up wrapping around Lambi's waist. "Oh um, sorry, I didn't mean to do that. My tail sometimes has a mind of its own…"
"Hey, don't worry, it's fine," Lambi reassured her with a smile.
At the Park home, everyone was watching the brawl when Willow decided to get up.
"Man, the competition is fierce this year," Gilbert commented.
"I'll say, I just hope Luz and Amity don't have to fight each other," Sully replied.
"Knowing them, they'd probably just dance and kiss," Gus commented, causing the Park fathers to laugh.
"I'm gonna powder my nose, be right back," Willow said as she went upstairs. When she passed by Gus's room, she noticed the door was left slightly open and she heard a sound from there.
"Gus? You there?" a voice asked.
"Huh?" Willow said as she went to open the door. "Who's there?" she demanded, opening it to reveal the Vaggie illusion. "What…?!"
"What the… you're not Gus!" the Vaggie illusion exclaimed, backing away.
"Gus?" Willow asked in shock, seeing that this woman was an illusion. "Gus!"
Gus rushed over. "Willow what… is…" He paused when he saw that the door was open.
"Gus… who is this?" Willow asked, pointing at Vaggie.
"Oh! Um… you've met Vaggie…" Gus replied awkwardly.
"That's Vaggie?" Willow asked, looking back at the illusion, who waved to her. She then turned back to Gus. "Gus, why did you create an illusion of-"
"Keep it down," Gus told her, escorting Willow away before shutting the door. "Excuse us, Vaggie," he told her while walking away with Willow. "Okay, I know you must be weirded out…"
"Weirded out? I'm concerned!" Willow admitted. "Why did you do this?"
"Sorry, but this is… well…" Gus rubbed his own arm, looking away from Willow. "I cast an illusion of her to talk with. Tell her what I really wanted to tell Vaggie if… if she was still alive…"
"Gus, me and Luz have told you that you can always come to us, instead of creating a fake version of a dead woman to talk to," Willow told him. "If there's anything you want to talk about, we are here for you…"
"I can't tell you!" he argued with her, looking down. "None of you would understand…"
"Gus… this is just like before," Willow told him while patting his shoulder, but he brushed her hand off.
"It's not, it's different," Gus said while looking away.
"Different? What do you mean-"
"Because… because this time I killed someone," he told her, which left Willow shocked.
"What?" Willow asked. "This… this isn't true, right?"
Gus looked down in guilt. "I… I didn't mean to," he admitted while leaning on the wall. "When me and the others were captured by those Archangels, there was this guy, Michael, who admitted straight up that he killed Vaggie, all because she associated with me. When we escaped, I encountered him again and… I was so mad, I used my illusions on him and I ended up giving him a heart attack…" He fell down on the floor, covering his face. "I didn't mean to… but I wanted to hurt him so badly that I ended up… taking a life."
"Gus," Willow said with a saddened look as she went to hug him while he started to cry softly. "It's… it's going to be okay."
"You're not… judging me?" he asked her.
"Gus, of course not," Willow reassured him. "I'm just worried for you," she said while hugging Gus as he let it out and cried into her shoulder.
"Now we're in the third round folks! Starting us off, Luz Clawthorne will face off against Trini-Bad!" Hermit declared.
Luz and Amity looked to see Trini stepping into the ring. "Alright, time to kick her ass," Luz said, punching her own fist.
"Good luck, Luz," Amity said, pecking her on the cheek before Luz went up to the ring.
"There's no way that bitch can last against Luz," Boscha said confidently.
"Oh I wouldn't underestimate Trini," Mel spoke up, causing them to turn to her. "She's not going to hold back, especially against Luz…"
"What do you mean?" Amity asked while glaring at Mel, who just smirked.
"You'll see…" Mel said.
As Luz and Trini faced off, Trini just smiled. "Ready to have your ass kicked?" Trini asked her.
"I should ask you the same thing," Luz retorted.
"Ready? Begin!"
Trini dashed towards Luz, who raised her fist to try to deck her, but Trini swiftly dodged her punch, delivering a high kick to the stomach. Luz was launched back, but used her cambion form to stop herself from going out of bounds.
Luz glared and shot an ice blast at Trini, but the blue haired girl swiftly dodged the attacks. Trini snapped her own fingers, unleashing a flame spell where the flames that shot up formed into a serpent-like being. It targeted Luz, who shot an ice blast at the fire-serpent, creating steam. She then looked back at Trini, who disappeared into the steam.
"Where'd you go?" Luz asked.
"So you think that you're a cambion, are you?" Trini's voice echoed.
"What's your deal? Why is me being a cambion so important to you?" Luz asked.
"Oh, I got my reasons, Clawthorne," Trini said while her eyes glowed red. "First off, you and that head honcho aren't real cambions…"
Luz looked confused. "What does that mean-" She saw Trini launching her fist at her unexpectedly. Luz was punched across her face as Trini then used her talon to pin her down to the ground.
Standing on top of her, Trini gave a sadistic grin. "As you can see… I am a true cambion," she declared. "How much do you even know about cambions?"
"Wait," Luz said as she looked up to her in shock. "Are you also a human imbued with magic?!"
Trini gave a mocking laugh. "Oh Clawthorne, you don't get it, do you?" She kicked Luz hard, making her roll across the ground. Luz got up, wincing when she felt that kick. "The part about you being a human raised in a magical environment, that Cambion Theory those witches came up with? Cambion is just a blanket term… and that pisses me off, since you are not a real cambion. Not like me."
"What?" Luz questioned her.
"You see," Trini said as she suddenly appeared behind Luz, grabbing her arm and twisting it. "We cambions are offsprings born from unions between demons and humans. In most cases, cambions were born after a succubus slept with a human, which is how I was conceived!" Luz tried to use a fire spell against Trini, who instantly disappeared and reappeared in front of Luz. "We cambions have true power, true strength, while you… you're not born from any demon, were you?"
"What… what does that matter?!" Luz questioned as she shot fire at Trini who jumped up and kicked her in the face.
Trini looked pissed. "It matters to me because nothing pisses me off more than seeing some witch-wannabes take the name of my kind!" she shouted while slamming her boot against Luz's head, knocking her down.
Luz glared up to Trini, shooting ice spikes at her. Trini flew up and Luz launched herself to punch Trini's face. But she swatted Luz away, making her fall but she stopped herself before she hit the ground. Trini instantly appeared behind Luz and kicked her in the back, then appeared in front of her and slammed her fists together to hit Luz down into the ring.
Crashing down and creating a crater, Luz spat out blood while Trini landed on her back. The red cambion girl was smiling as she stomped onto Luz. "Come on! Fight back!"
Luz's scales darkened, she was going feral. She unleashed a roar as she grabbed Trini's boot and swung her off. Luz rose up and unleashed her roar. "RAAAWW!"
Trini just smirked, looking non-threatened. "So that's your full cambion form?" she asked while she started to transform "Let me show you my full form…" Her eyes blacked with only red irises.
The audience was shocked to see Trini transforming, wondering if that was some kind of Beast-Keeping transformation magic as Trini revealed her full cambion form…
Her horns were fully black as her skin was crimson. Her hair was longer to the point of reaching her back, with her eyes looking more feline. She had four black wings as her top and shorts were converted into an armored top and black bottoms, with her hoofed legs growing spikes along with her arms. Her tail was more rigid up to the heart-shaped tip. She towered over Luz with her seven-feet height.
Feral Luz looked up to her, snarling as she flew up in an attempt to beat her. However, Trini gave one swift strike with her claws, causing slash marks to appear on Luz… as blood splattered all over her body.
"RAAAHHH!" Luz roared, feeling the slashes on her arms, legs, and chest.
Amity, King, Boscha and Simon were shocked to see that Trini had actually made Luz bleed. In the distance, Nina looked shocked as well while Lambi covered her mouth.
In the orphanage, Eda looked shocked as she stood up. "Luz!"
"Titan…" Donna gasped, covering her mouth.
"Shit!" Jak exclaimed as he saw how brutal this battle got.
In the Owl House, Camila stood up.
"Mija!" she exclaimed, looking shocked and worried for Luz.
Feral Luz fell down, but was grabbed by Trini's tail. The rigidness of the tail pierced Luz as Trini swung her around to the ground like a ragdoll. Luz, acting on instinct, broke away from her grasp with her wings and used those wings to slash at Trini, but Trini grabbed her wing and gripped it tightly, making feral Luz to scream.
"AAAAAH!" she cried out in pain.
Trini smirked as she slammed Luz down to the ground and then kicked her in the stomach, causing the feral girl to cough out more blood. She then grabbed Luz by her collar, and started shoving her face on her knee.
"LUZ!" Amity and Boscha screamed as they saw Trini pummel Luz. This was worse than even when Luz first went up against Emily.
Trini grabbed Luz by her collar, seeing her bloody and bruised. Luz changed back, looking barely conscious before she was thrown out of the ring. Luckily, Amity and Boscha immediately caught her.
"Geez, these fights are getting more brutal," Hermit said while looking nervous. "The winner is… Trini-Bad."
"I will crush you(Truly, this is a devastating defeat of Luz Clawthorne)," Driva declared.
"Healers, I need healers!" Amity cried out while rushing over were some healing nurses on stand by. They consisted of Cindy, Mandy, and the purple skinned biped demon nurse with horns.
"We're here," spoke the purple skinned nurse as she knelt down to check on Luz. "She's hurt real bad. Cindy, Mandy, summon a stretcher and take her to the ward."
"On it, Aries," Cindy said as the two summoned a stretcher while Aries picked the unconscious Luz up and placed her on the stretcher.
"She's going to be okay, right?" Amity asked.
"Don't worry, she's alive. We'll do the best we can for her," Aries reassured them while leading Luz over to the healing tent.
"Luz…" Amity said with concern, King and Simon looking concerned as well.
Boscha tightened her fists, glaring at Trini who marched past them victoriously, meeting up with Mel, D-Josh, and Edric. The triclops witch decided to go up to have a word with Edric.
"Edric!" Boscha shouted as she pulled him aside.
"Boscha? What do you want?" he asked her.
"Eddie, is everything alright? Is this girl… bothering you?" Trini asked her with a smirk.
"Oh don't give me that talk! What you did to Luz was too far!" Boscha pointed to her. "You could've gotten her killed!"
"Oh, like you didn't?" Edric pointed out. "I know what you did to Luz back at the exams."
Boscha looked down, her expression being one of guilt. "Yeah, I'll admit that I went too far, that was uncalled for on my end. But what she did, Ed, do you really want to be associated with someone like her? These people aren't your friends!"
"Maybe you should mind your own business!" Edric shouted to her as his eyes flashed red suddenly. "Besides, you don't have a place to talk, considering everything you've done to hurt my family. I haven't forgotten about that!" he told her off while D-Josh patted his shoulder, leading him away from her.
"Edric, wait-" Boscha was blocked by Trini.
"You heard him, you have no right to talk," Trini said while stroking Boscha's scarred cheek "Nice scar, where'd you get it?"
"Don't touch me!" Boscha swatted Trini's hand, glaring at her. "I hope you get your ass kicked."
"Well see," Trini replied while walking away with D-Josh and Edric.
Eda marched out of the orphanage, Donna following her.
"Eda, wait!" Donna shouted.
"Look, I know that I'm supposed to stay here, but just tell Ban and Hicky to watch over while I'm gone," Eda told her.
"But I want to come with you," Donna responded. "I'm worried for Luz! I can help heal her if needed."
Eda smiled warmly. "Well get your staff ready," Eda told while changing into her harpy form. She and Donna flew from the orphanage, heading to the Brawl.
"Camila, you can't really go!" Hooty told her while Camila headed to the front door.
"Right now my daughter needs me," Camila told him. Acorn flew up to her, but she couldn't understand what she was saying. She sighed. "Can you both watch over Kay for me? And if anything happens, contact Lilith or Beocrow and ask them to come over."
"Don't worry, we will!" Hooty declared as he coughed up a crystal ball into her hand. "Use this! This crystal ball can lead you to the Brawl."
"Like a GPS? Got it," Camila said with a nod as she hugged Hooty. "Thank you, Hooty," she told her before she put on a cloak and walked out of the Owl House, heading to the brawl.
"Welp, better wake up Brucy, haven't heard from him in a while," Hooty said.
"Now to our next match, Mel the Menace, vs Simon Saltstar!"
Simon walked into the ring as did Mel, who looked at how tall he was.
"Ready to play, big boy? I got this in the bag," Mel said.
Simon narrowed his eyes at her. "That friend of yours will pay for what she did to Luz," he told her while cracking his knuckles. "I don't know who you are, but I know trouble when I see it."
"Trouble, me?" Mel pointed to herself with a wand she just brought out. Nobody paid much attention to it. After all, witches still used wands. "I'm not sure what you're talking about…"
"Ready? Begin!"
Simon stomped on the ground, bringing out pillars towards his opponent. Mel simply dodged them and tried to use them to get a height advantage over Simon, but he suddenly knocked one of the pillars down, causing her to fall. However, she managed to flip mid-air and land safely on the ground.
He then created spell circles, throwing rocks at her which got her to run around the ring. She used her wand, blasting the rocks into dust. While she did this, he charged toward her and swung his fist. She ducked down, but then felt his leg hit her feet. She fell to the ground and Simon summoned iron bars that wrapped around her waist, trapping her.
"Give up?" he asked her.
Mel just smirked at him. "I should ask you the same," she said, waving her wand at him with her free hand.
Simon blinked. "What… did you do to me?" he asked her, trying to grab her wand but he found that he couldn't, since his entire body froze as it was surrounded by a magical aura. "Why can't I move?!"
"So you want to move, huh?" Mel asked as she waved her wand, launching Simon up in the air, before she waved her wand down to have him fall down and hit the ground hard. Then she got him to stand up and form his hand into a fist, making him punch his face. "Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself?" Mel said mockingly. "Now for this!"
Simon, struggling for control, drew spell circles, creating a bunch of pillars that launched from the ground and hit him. He grunted from each hit. Mel smiled. Even though she couldn't move herself from the iron, she could still use her wand to have some fun.
"Looks like Simon is having trouble with Mel, how's he gonna break out of this one?" Hermit asked.
"Hmm, break… that's a good suggestion," Mel said to herself. "Hmm, should I go for the neck? No, that's overkill… how about…"
With the wave of her wand, Simon raised his arm up, followed by his other arm as he placed his hand at his forearm. "Wait… what… what am I doing-"
CRACK!
"AAAAHH!" Simon screamed, the pain of bending his own arm to where it shouldn't be. The audience gasped as they saw Simon break his own arm. They didn't even think it was possible for a Saltstar to get a broken arm.
"If I couldn't break you, then you'd have to break yourself!" Mel shouted with a sadistic grin.
Then, to add insult to injury, she waved her wand and sent Simon out of the ring, having him crash into the ground.
"Boy, that was one, painful match!" Hermit commented. "The winner is the Menacing Mel! Sounds more fitting, don't you think?"
"I will crush you(The matches are getting intense)," Driva replied in agreement.
"Simon!" Boscha cried out as she used her staff to fly over to him.
Nina and Lambi both gasped at what they saw. Lambi noticed Nina shivering.
"Nina… are you alright?" Lambi asked her.
"That Mel chick," Nina said while gripping her own head. "My instincts are going off like crazy… that Mel… she's reminding me of a certain former teacher of mine…"
After calming Gus down, Willow walked back down with him only to see both her dads' shocked faces as they watched the crystal ball.
"What happened?" Willow asked them.
"It's Simon," Sully responded, pointing to the crystal ball. "He… lost. Luz too."
Willow gasped as she saw the CB footage of Simon lying in defeat. "Titan…"
Samwitch and Beck look shocked to see Simon's defeat.
"Simon!" Beck cries out as she stands.
"This has never happened before," Samwitch said in concerned, standing up "Come, we should go see Simon."
Beck agrees, as the two march out of the of the estate.
At the Harwitch home, Cat and Amelia watched in shock, Cat covering her mouth.
"Oh my… that poor boy…" Swan said as Cat got up.
"I'm going to check on him," Cat announced as Swan got up as well. "Luz too."
"I'll come with you," Swan told her as Cat nodded in agreement and they left for the Brawl.
Back at the Brawl, Amity was speaking to Aries while the nurses helped out Simon.
"Don't worry, she will be alright," Aries reassured her. "Our bone-mending spells and skin repair spells will heal her up."
Amity nodded while she and Boscha looked at each other with worried expressions, both for Luz and Simon.
"Would Amity Goodfellow come up!" someone outside the tent shouted.
Boscha looked at Amity and nodded. "I'll stay here to keep watch, you go ahead," she told her.
"Thank you, Boscha," Amity responded as she headed to the ring.
"Boscha," Lambi said as she came in.
"Lambi? I'm surprised to see you here," Boscha responded.
"I'm here to see if there was anything I could to help," Lambi told her. "I was on a date, but I couldn't help but want to do something. I don't like feeling helpless. My date doesn't mind."
"Oh, that's great… um, where is your date?" Boscha asked.
"She's… keeping her distance, since she didn't want to come inside," Lambi replied. Outside, Nina was seen behind a bone tree, not wanting Boscha to see her.
Amity walked up to the ring to face her opponent… D-Josh. She shot a glare at him, determined to beat him, and if possible, Trini and Mel.
"Think you can take on me?" D-Josh asked her with a grin. "You're just second best…"
"I'll show you who's second best," Amity said as she held up her sword.
"Ready? GO!"
Amity changed into her Abomi-Knight armor as D-Josh summoned his own sword, a scimitar sword. The two clashed their swords against one another, locking their eyes in an intense glare until Amity threw a kick at D-Josh, making him back away. He swung his own sword at her, leading her to jump back while shooting her abomi-goo at his face.
"Fuck!" D-Josh shouted while taking the goo off of his eyes. He looked around and saw that Amity had duplicated herself with many illusions. "You think your illusions can trick me?" he asked while swinging his sword at the illusions
Amity was invisible behind D-Josh. She looked down at Sam, who gave her a thumbs up as the shadow zig-zagged around the ground, forming into a fist to punch D-Josh in the back. To everyone else, it would just look like Amity was using Oracle magic, that she was moving her own shadow instead of it actually being alive. Not a surprising assumption, since her mother was an Oracle.
"OOF!" D-Josh exclaimed, being launched back which caused him to stumble through the illusions. "What?" He looked around and saw Amity appear while swinging her sword at him. He blocked her sword with his.
The sword fight continued for a while, Amity admitting to herself that he was quite formidable with the sword before she saw an opening and she kicked him in the side.
Amity then unleashed a battle cry as she jumped up, swinging the Sword of Adam at him. He blocked her attack while falling back as he tried to kick her aside. She shoots her abomi-webs to swing back to the ground. As she landed, he saw him swing his sword at her, which she blocked.
"You better give up!" D-Josh told her. "You don't want to end up like your dumb girlfriend!"
This only makes Amity angry as she kicked him away from her. "Don't, you, dare, call my Luz, dumb! JACKASS!" she shouted as she swung her sword wildly. D-Josh backed away as Amity forced him back. Getting desperate, D-Josh summoned a large fist that he launched at her back, but thanks to Sam, she was pulled away just in time, causing the fist to hit D-Josh out of the ring.
"AAH!" D-Josh shouted while crashing into a table.
"Wow! That's some use of shadow magic, ain't it, Driva?" Hermit asked.
"I will crush you(Yes, yes it is)," Drive said in agreement.
"Amity Goodfellow makes it to the semi-finals!" Hermit declared as the crowd cheered for Amity.
She looked down at D-Josh, then gestured with her sword to Trini and Mel. "You're next…" she told them both.
Edric looked worried, Mel gave a blank look, and Trini just smirked.
"She wants to play with the big girls now? Well then… let's show her," Trini declared.
Luz started to stir as she woke up. She gasped while looking around. Her left eye was red, meaning Maya was also awake.
"Luz, you're awake!" Lambi said, looking relieved.
"What… happened?" Luz asked while Mandy eased her.
"Easy there, you took quite a beating," Mandy said while using a light spell to check her eyes. "Let's see if you have a concussion."
"Amity… where's Amity!?" Luz demanded to know.
"Right here, Luz," spoke Amity, who came into the tent while depowering her Abomi-Knight form. "But I'm not alone."
"Luz!" King rushed into the tent with Maurice. Also coming in were Camila, Eda, and Donna.
"Mija, are you okay?" the hooded Camila asked.
"I'm fine, mom." Luz reassured her, finding herself covered in bandages around her chest, arms, and legs. "That Trini girl… fuck!"
"Luz, you shouldn't get up, you should rest," Donna told her.
"She's right," Eda replied. "Don't try to move."
"Just want another crack at that bitch," Luz said while Maya spoke up. "I agree,"
"Did… another voice spoke from Luz?" Lambi asked while Donna and Boscha looked confused as well.
"It's a long story…" Amity responded awkwardly before turning to Luz. "But they're right, you need to rest."
"That Trini girl shouldn't have harmed you that way," Eda said while gripping her fist. "I should've been there…"
"Eda, don't blame yourself," Camila responded. "We didn't think that this would go this badly…"
"Whatever kind of beast-keeping transformation she did…" Amity began to say.
"It wasn't beast-keeping… she claimed to be a cambion like me," Luz revealed, shocking everyone.
"What?!" Amity, King, Eda, and Camila exclaimed, while Donna and Lambi looked confused.
"Um… what now?" Donna asked.
"Luz, are you saying that girl was also a human raised in this realm?" Eda asked her in a whisper.
"No, she's not from this realm," Maya clarified. "She stated that she was part succubus, a type of demon."
"Succubus?" Eda's eyes widened. "Oh shit…"
"Wait, aren't succubuses like… sex demons?" Camila asked.
"Yeah, I've come across a few of them before," Eda responded with a serious look before turning to Amity. "You're not going up against her, are you?"
"She's going to be my next opponent," Amity responded.
"Then I'm pulling you out," Eda told her, shocking Amity. "Amity, I am not going to let you face off against someone that dangerous, not to mention that she could potentially have you-"
"Eda," Amity interrupted. "I know that you're worried about me, but I'm not going to let Trini use me."
"Amity, this isn't-"
"I refuse to back down now!" Amity told her, her anger showing. "Trini made the mistake in hurting Luz, and I plan to beat her and Mel as well if I have to!" She looked up to the woman who she saw as a mother figure right now. "Please, let me take her down for Luz."
Eda looked at Amity, then at Camila. She looked unsure at first… but when she looked to Luz, she saw her daughter giving her a nod. Eda sighed while turning to Amity.
"When things are turning south… forfeit," Eda instructed her.
Amity gave her a nod. "I will not let her get away with this," she said as she marched out of the ward, ready to fight.
Cat and Swan then showed up. "How are they?" Swan asked.
"Simon's bones are tough but are mendable," Cindy explained. "As for Luz, she's healed. Just need to rest her body for a bit."
Cat went to Simon, looking at the cast on his arm. "Simon, are you alright?"
"Just… fine," he said while holding up his abomi-cast. "I… can't believe I lost… I don't think I could ever go home again…"
"A little over-dramatic?" Beck asked as she entered the tent.
"Professor Saltstar," Donna recognized.
"Evening Donna," Beck responded. "How's my baby brother?"
"His bones are mending, cousin," Boscha confirmed. "It's really a shock that this happened…"
"Simon," Samwitch said as his head popped up through the curtains of the tent, surprising everyone. "My boy, are you alright?"
"He's going to be fine, sir," Swan reassured him. "It was a surprise that he's able to crack his own bones, considering how strong they are."
"Well we Saltstars are known for our unbreakable bones, guess when it comes to our strength, we are capable of breaking our own bones," Samwitch said while turning to his son, noticing his own boy's concerned look. "Simon, are you alright?"
"I lost, sir," Simon responded, while looking down.
"And there is nothing wrong with losing, Simon," Samwitch reassured him. "What's more important right now is your health and safety. Which is why we came all the way here to check up on you, make sure that you're not too hurt."
"He's right, Simon," Boscha said to her cousin. "Try not to mope too much about this. Sure you lost but hey, you made it pretty far."
Simon looked up at his family, tears leaking from his eyes, "It's… still hard…"
"Hey, we're here for you, Simon," Beck reassured him, patting his back.
Eda began to walk out with King. "We're going to make sure Amity's alright in her match. Camila, you can stay with Luz."
Camila nodded and Donna raised her hand up. "I should stick around as well, as a healer I could help heal both Luz and Simon's injuries."
"Very well, Silvy," Eda said with a nod as she exited with King and Maurice.
Donna turned to Luz. "How are you feeling, Luz?"
"Pain, but the healing elixirs are working," Luz responded while she laid down. "Heard about an incident with some wolf, you okay?"
"Yeah, I think I'll be fine," Donna reassured her. "Thanks to Eda saving me…"
"That's mom for ya," Luz replied, while Lambi handed her an ice pack. "Thank you, Lambi."
"Anytime, Luz," Lambi said with a nod while Donna turned to her.
"Nice to see a fellow young healer here," Donna commented.
"Thanks, I came here to support my fellow Hexsidians and to go on a date," Lambi responded with a kind tone. "My name is Lambi."
"Donna, nice to meet you," Donna responded, shaking her hand. "So a date, huh? That sounds exciting. Who's the lucky witch you're with, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well, right now we are just trying to have a good time together," Lambi replied. "Her name's Nina and she's really nice."
"Nina…?" Donna's eyes widened, remembering what Roxy said earlier…about Nina going on a date with some pretty girl with horns… seeing Lambi's horns, she realized who Roxy meant…
"Wait, you're on a date with Nina Fangs?" Boscha asked in shock and confusion.
As Donna left the tent, she closed her eyes and sighed. "I know you're here… Nina."
Nina jumped down from a nearby tree, looking at Donna. "What are you doing here, Donna?"
"I came to check up on Luz," Donna responded.
"How is she?" Nina asked her, not looking at Donna.
"She's going to be okay," Donna said before rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly. "So um… you're on a… date…"
"Yeah? What's it to you?" Nina asked her.
"Nothing, it's just… I didn't know that I was that easily replaceable," Donna muttered while looking away.
"What I do with my life is my business, Masterskull," Nina told her with a hiss. "Especially since you made it clear that you don't want me in your life last Wickedsday. Don't pretend like that didn't happen, because I haven't forgotten!"
Donna was taken aback by Nina's hostility towards her. She wanted to say more, but she decided to not stay too long. "Well… fine then, have a good time with your date."
"I will," Nina said while Lambi exited the tent, walking up to Nina, who relaxed around her. "Hey, how are they?"
"They're going to be okay." Lambi replied. "Come on, let's head back to our spot!"
Nina nodded and the two walked away, leaving Donna alone.
Donna watched the two leave before turning away and looking down while crossing her arms. 'I made my choice… right?' she thought. However, she knew inside that seeing Nina with another girl made her feel hurt in a way that she didn't expect. No, not just hurt… jealous.
Walking into the ring, Amity faced off against Trini. The latter smirked at the former.
"My, my, looks like I'm facing the fake cambion's little lover," Trini mocked while tilting her head. "It must be nice, living with your girlfriend, raising a kid together… it really was a pleasure to beat up that girl of yours and now I get the pleasure of beating you up!"
Amity's eyes glowed. "Not before I break you in half…"
Trini smirked. "Hmm… this will be delicious…"
"Ready? FIGHT!"
Trini charged in first as she raised her cambion claws to strike at Amity, only for Amity to have disappeared, revealed to be an illusion.
"Huh?" Trini asked, only to feel a kick to the back by Amity, who popped up out of nowhere. "ACK!" Trini shouted while rolling over. The cambion demon looked up to Amity, glaring at her. "So you want to get serious? I'll show you serious!" She turned into her true form and raised her fists at Amity, bringing them down. Amity drew her flaming sword to slash her fists, which cut Trini's knuckles.
"AAAAHHH!" Trini screamed while glaring at Amity. "You will pay for this!" She used her tail to aim at Amity, who jumped back from the attack. The tail pierced the ground while Trini looked at Amity with a glare. "Lucky shot!"
"Is that what you say to yourself?" Amity asked her.
"That's it! You're going down!" Trini shouted while slamming her fists toward Amity, who dodged her attack. She shot abomi-webs at her wings, swinging around as the abomi-web wrapped around her. Trini shrieked as she roared at Amity in anger. She charged towards her while Amity blasted abomination slime at her face, blinding her. She escaped from her abomination trap and wiped her eyes off. She saw Amity jumping up to deliver a sidekick, but Trini swatted her down to the ground.
Amity rolled over and picked herself back up. She looked at Trini who threw her claws down at her. She jumped back, only to get a piece of her abomi-suit torn. Amity winced, seeing that Trini wasn't playing around anymore.
"Time to face off against my own magic!" Trini declared while summoning leaves around her. She sent those leaves at Amity after making them razor sharp. "Hope you like a little knife play!"
Amity dodged those leaves, using an abomi-shield to protect herself from them. She did feel some leaves cutting through her suit. She held her shield up while the leaves rained down on her until Trini unexpectedly grabbed Amity's shield and swung her around with it before throwing her.
"YAAH!" Amity shouted while shooting her abomi-webs on Trini's back, pulling her back to her. She transformed her feet into abomi-boots and kicked the back of her blue hair. Trini fell forward, but kept herself from hitting the ground. She then felt her hair being pulled and she tried to swat Amity away from her with her wings. Amity jumped off to dodge the wings, but not before using her sword to make a slash.
SLASH!
Trini looked at Amity from behind, realizing that she was unhurt. "Ha! You missed!"
"Did I?" Amity asked, holding a piece of blue hair.
Trini's eyes widened as she felt her hair. It was a lot shorter, up to the ears. "What… my hair… YOU CUT MY HAIR!?"
"Oh boo-hoo with your hair, you cut up my girlfriend, you sexual deviant!" Amity ranted at her.
"You couldn't at least cut off my top, you little purple imp?!" Trini shouted at her. "Cutting my hair is the worst mistake you'll make!"
"… Okay, I'm not even going to comment on the first one, but you got what you deserve, bitch!" Amity shouted while seeing Trini launch her claws at her. She used the sword to block those claws before Trini swiped her tail at her, making her fall. Amity rolled back and stood up. "I am so done with you and your friends! I was happy for Edric when I saw that he had new friends, but now it is obvious that you are just roping him into being part of your obviously trouble-making gang!"
"Oh like you're the one to talk! You got over your parents' divorce so quickly!" Trini ranted while she kept attacking her, bringing out thorny whips to whip at Amity, who dodged them. "Especially coming here…"
"I didn't get over my parents' divorce!" Amity declared, blocking the whip attacks from Trini. "I still think it's very messed up!" She cast a flame spell at Trini.
"The only thing that's going to be messed up is your body being dragged away after I beat you down!" Trini declared while using her wings to shoot out thorns at Amity, making her summon an Abomination wall to block them. This gave Trini the advantage when she instantly appeared behind Amity and kicked her from behind, making her crash through her abomi-wall and roll over the ground.
Amity managed to stop herself from rolling, but she had dropped the sword. When Amity went to grab it, Trini kicked it aside, out of the ring. "Nah-uh-uh, can't have that, can we?" Trini smirked while grabbing Amity and flying up in the air with her. Amity struggled in her grip, but then she saw how high up was. She felt Trini punching her masked face while Amity punched back, kicking her in the stomach while forming her abomi-hands into blades, piercing Trini's arms.
Trini screamed as she dropped Amity. Amity fell and it looked like she was going to land out of bounds. But she shot her abomi-slime to create a slide that she rode back into the ring. She looked up, seeing Trini fly toward her. Amity dodged her and when Trini tried to circle back, she was brought down.
"Huh?" Trini asked as she tried to get back up, but something was grabbing her feet. She looked down and saw it was black abomi-goo. However, the reason why the abomi-goo is black is due to Sam covering around the goo. "What the hell?!"
"I see you're stuck," Amity said while facing her.
"Yeah, but not in the fun way," Trini said while hearing Amity's knuckles cracking.
"Good," Amity launched her fist to punch Trini square in the jaw. "Hya!" she shouted, while sending another punch, followed by another. Her punches started to multiply endlessly. "Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!" she shouted while punching Trini's face repeatedly at a fast pace.
Trini felt her face being clobbered by the might of the angry Goodfellow girl. The punches weren't satisfying, because they didn't have the taste of pleasure from the usual pain she liked. This was absolute humiliation and not the good kind. Trini had never felt this defeated in her life… and it was by some lavender-haired brat!
After many punches, Amity delivered the final blow. "HYAH!" she shouted as she punched Trini in the face one last time, causing a tooth to fly out of her mouth. Sam let go of Trini, making her fall down from the ring. "Luz's honor has been restored… bitch."
"Wow! What a fight! Amity Goodfellow has turned the tables!" Hermit declared as the audience cheered.
"I will crush you(Truly, this battle feels more satisfying)," Driva declared.
"Amity! Amity! Amity!" the crowd cheered while Eda and King joined in.
"Way to go! This is Amity! She lives with us!" King cheered excitedly.
Eda gave Amity a thumbs up. "Way to go, kiddo."
Amity gave Eda a nod while turning to Mel and Ed, the latter not even looking at her. This saddened Amity a lot, but she knew that she needed to win this…
Edric looked down, which Mel noticed. "Are you okay, Eddie?" she asked.
"Yeah, just… I'm sorry that your friend lost," Edric said to her. "Amity really took it too far…"
"Oh, I'm not too upset about it." Mel admitted while Trini got back up with D-Josh's help after she changed back to normal.
"Fucking, dammit!" Trini shouted while spitting out blood. "I lost my fucking tooth! My nose is swollen! And I have one of those damn short pixie cuts!" she ranted while her nose appeared to be bleeding and swollen.
"Come on, let me treat those wounds, Trini," D-Josh said while escorting her to get healed.
"Hey guys," Blazer said as he walked up to the two and they saw him covered in blood.
"What happened to you?" D-Josh asked him, unbothered by the sight of blood.
"And where's your date?" Trini asked.
"Oh you know, guess it didn't work out as it should," Blazer replied with a shrug. "D, can you help clean the blood off of me?" he asked while putting his bloodied knife in his pocket.
Mel turned to look at Amity as she left the ring, noticing that for the moment she didn't have a shadow and in the next it was there. Mel's eyes widened before she formed an evil smirk…
In the Healing Ward tent, Amity went inside to see that Camila was still with Luz.
"Hey, babe," Luz said as Amity went to hug her girlfriend. "How was the match?"
"I won," Amity replied, kissing Luz on the forehead. "Next round is the finals, meaning I'll be facing either Wrath or Mel."
Luz smiled. "Well, I'm just glad you're okay," Luz said, hugging her girlfriend back.
Camila smiled at them. "Perhaps I should leave you two alone," she suggested,
"Wait, who's watching Kay?" Amity realized, looking up at Camila in concern.
"Oh, Hooty and Acorn are watching over her, and I told them to call someone if they needed help," Camila explained. "Like Beocrow or… Lilith."
"You… suggested Lilith?" Amity asked her, surprised.
Camila realized this as well. "I… I guess I did…" she admitted.
Mel entered the ring, facing off against Wrath.
"Just so you know, I won't hold back just because you're a teenager," Wrath warned her.
"Yawn, just start the match already," Mel said with a fake yawn.
"Alright, let the semi-finals start!" Hermit declared.
Wrath went first as he transformed his arms into hammers and slammed them down at Mel. She dodged his hammer arms, then flipped away when those hammers turned into axes. She shot spell beams at him, which annoyed him. She managed to get hit by a hammer fist which launched her back, but she stopped herself from falling out of the ring.
"Tough guy, are ya?" Mel commented while slamming her hands to the ground, launching pillars towards him. Wrath dodged those pillars and breathed fire at her. She formed a shield around herself to block the flames before she instantly appeared in front of Wrath, delivering a kick to his face.
Wrath fell to the ground, but picked himself up while feeling his jaw. "You got some strength in ya, for a little witchling…"
Mel smirked. "Oh trust me, I'm just… one of the kind," she said while flashing him with some light magic.
Wrath covered his eyes, giving Mel the chance to steal his mask off of his face while cartwheeling over him. "Yoink!" she said while holding up his mask. "This yours?"
"You think grabbing my mask will affect me?" he asked.
Mel smirked as her eyes glowed. "Yes, just not in a way you'd expect."
It was then that Wrath's little, beady eyes glowed. "Wait… what is this…?!" he asked while seeing an illusion. "B-Braxus… what are you…?!" he asked, seeing Braxus in front of him.
"Hi daddy!" Braxus waved to his father before a hole appeared in the ground beneath his feet, causing him to fall in. "Daddyyyy!"
"No! My baby boy!" Wrath cried out as he ran to the hole, which vanished. "Braxus! Braxus!"
To everyone else, Wrath was just clawing at the ground while crying out for his son's name. This confused everyone, even the real Braxus.
"Is my daddy okay?" Braxus asked.
Mel smirked while standing over Wrath before she kicked him in the back of his head.
"Looks like someone got a little power high," she commented while she grabbed him by the collar and slammed him down on the ground. Wrath was knocked out of his trance, but was then met by Mel's punch to his face. But she didn't stop and instead kept repeatedly punching him, followed by kicking him in the stomach as he started to cough up blood.
The audience was shocked as Mel kept continuing to beat up Wrath, but they didn't know if they should do anything or not since the match wasn't technically over yet. Eda covered King's eyes while he covered Maurice's eyes. Boscha turned away, as did Edric, but the latter looked conflicted, figuring that somehow Wrath deserved it. Felicia had her ghost camera crew cut the footage. Nina and Lambi looked uncomfortable from watching, while Donna looked angry.
"Hey, stop this right now!" Donna shouted, but Mel continued.
"Shut up! I'm not done with him!" she declared as she continued to beat and kick him down. As she raised her fist up, she felt a drop kick to the side. She fell away from Wrath, but slid herself to a stop. Looking up at who kicked her, she saw Amity who stood in front of Wrath. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Mittens…"
"That's enough!" Amity declared. "Wrath is already defeated, there's no reason to continue beating him!"
"Oh how noble of you, defending some loser who believes in his own hype," Mel replied while rolling her eyes.
"This is not how the Brawl is supposed to go!" Amity declared. "What you just did was just downright savagery!"
"Look around you! This Brawl was meant to express our deeper urges by fighting against each other!" Mel declared. "Deep down witchkind will always be savage no matter how they try to hide it…"
Amity glared at her "That kind of ideology is full of crap!" she shouted as she shot her abomi-webs at Mel, sticking it to her and bringing her towards her to punch her in the face. Mel toppled back, but managed to grin.
"You want to have fun, Mittens?" Mel asked with a smirk. "Move the overgrown warden aside and let's have some fun!"
Amity helped Wrath up and move him out of the ring with her abomi-hand. The ring was now just hers and Mel to use.
"Alrighty, looks like Amity and Mel are our two finalists!" Hermit declared. "Who's going to win the belt? Driva, got a comment on this?"
"I will break you(Maybe it's not the time to commentate…)." he replied.
Mel and Amity circled and glared at each other. Amity observed Mel, wondering if she was going to make the next attack. Eventually, Mel dashed towards her and delivered a kick, which Amity blocked with an abominate-gauntlet. Mel then sent her fist at Amity, who dodged it and moves it aside, but Mel punched her in the stomach, followed by a kick.
"You're quite skilled…" Mel admitted as she grabbed Amity by her back suit, throwing her away. Amity slid across the ground to stop herself, then ran up to jump and kick Mel. The purple-haired girl grabbed Amity's leg, flipped her over and had her fall to the ground. She tried to stomp on her fallen opponent, but Amity moved aside to dodge it.
But Mel wasn't finished as she grabbed Amity and threw her down to pin her. She stomps onto Amity's stomach, making her cough up vile. Amity grabbed her boot, standing back up and pushing her aside. Amity jumped up and managed to kick Mel's face across her chin. Amity then did a swinging kick at Mel, knocking her back before Mel caught her foot.
She flipped Amity again, but Amity landed on the ground with her hands, doing a flip. Mel jumped up and sent out many punches and kicks towards her, prompting Amity to dodge and block them. Amity responded by sending a palm strike at Mel's face, sending her back. It was then Amity summoned abomi-slime that form into fists, sending them to have Mel punched out of the ring.
But Mel drew a spell circle, turning the abomi-fists into solid rocks that fell to the ground. Mel smirked as she got in close and sent a punch across Amity's face, who in return sent her own punch to Mel's face. The two clashed like this, Amity continuing to punch and kick while Mel responded by delivering her own punches and kicks. It appeared that they were on equal footing.
But Mel wasn't what you would call a noble fighter, not in the slightest. She used her tricks to get her opponents to lose from their own hubris. She also used the occasional taunt.
"You know, Ams, I'm serious about how being a divorced kid has its perks," Mel commented while punching and kicking at Amity.
"Shut up!" Amity shouted at her in anger. "Once I defeat you, you stay away from Ed!"
"Doesn't he have any say in this?" Mel asked her while Amity grabbed her by the collar.
"I say… stay away from him!" Amity declared, earning a smirk from Mel.
"Oh, I get it. You care about your brother too much to see him get hurt again," Mel said with a cheshire grin. "Like when those photos Felicity had exposed what kind of a mother you two have, going up against her own husband…"
"What…?" Amity asked in confusion as Mel leaned closer to her.
"Who do you think gave Felicity those photos?" Mel whispered in her ear, causing Amity's eyes to widen.
"No… it's you…" Amity realized in shock, glaring at Mel. "You… you took those photos, didn't you?!"
"Actually, that was Trini. But come now, Mittens, even if we didn't get involved, your folks would have just divorced anyway. We just sped up the process and saved everyone some time," she explained, feeling Amity's anger while seeing her face turning red. "Damn, your face does turn red when you're angry."
"AAAAHHRR!" Amity shouted while launching herself at Mel, smacking and beating her. "It was you! It was you all along!"
Mel had her shadow pull Amity off of her as she got back up. "Yeah? And what are you going to do about it?" she asked.
Amity looked down and noticed that Mel's shadow was returned to its owner. Her eyes widened. "You… you're a Fae!"
"Hmm?" Mel looked down at her shadow. "Oh yeah, guess I'm guilty of that too," Mel said nonchalantly, causing the audience to gasp.
"What…?" Edric asked in shock.
"Yeah, thanks for outing me, Mittens." Mel told her. "I planned to tell Eddie, but I guess you have to spoil the fun!" she said while bringing her shadow out.
Amity brought out the Sword of Adam and changed into her Abomi-Knight form. "You're going down!"
"Well this took a turn, folks!" Hermit declared. "Someone get the scouts! Someone call BIG!"
"Amity!" Luz cried out as she flew out of the Healing Ward, landing in the ring. She stood next to Amity, the two glaring at Mel.
"Two against one? That isn't fair," Mel said with a smirk.
"We have taken down two Fae together, we can take down one more!" Luz declared.
Mel smirked again while launching her shadow to fight Luz. Amity charged in with her sword to swing at Mel, who blocked it with her own shadow magic. Mel ducked underneath the swing of the sword before she kicked Amity far away. She flew up while shooting flames from her mouth, Amity spinning her sword to deflect the flames.
Luz fell while Mel's shadow sprouted up, sending punches to her. Luz blocked those punches before she shot a light beam at Mel's shadow, causing it to scream. "That hurts? Yeah, I figured," Luz said while Mel's shadow screamed at her.
Mel flew back as she summoned her own sword, clashing hers against Amity's. Mel laughed. "What's so funny?" Amity asked.
"Oh, you know, just thinking of what Trini did," Mel said, leaning forward to whisper to Amity. "With her magic, she's quite the home-wrecker. Like when she put some of her stuff in your mom and Lilith's food…"
Amity's eyes widened. "Odalia and Lilith… they were drugged?!"
"Yep, a dash of succubus magic to make them lose control of themselves and act against their better judgment," Mel whispered to her.
"You… you ruined my family!" Amity angrily declared while kicking Mel away. She summoned Abomination fists from the ground as Mel dodged them.
"Please, that family of yours was broken long before I came into the picture," Mel said mockingly, turning each fist into stone. "Besides, they're not your family anymore. Face it, Eddie is better off with me!"
Amity was seeing red, as if the world around her no longer mattered. She was angry and she wanted Mel to suffer.
"Sam, trap her!" Amity commanded as Sam rose up to grab Mel from behind.
Mel struggled. "Hey! What are you doing?!" she shouted while she saw Amity rushing in with her sword. "Nononononono, Amity, wait-!"
STAB!
The audience gasped as Luz turned around after Mel's shadow stopped fighting her. Everyone stared at Amity, who had stabbed Mel with the Sword of Adam. Edric looked in shock and horror while Amity held the sword in Mel's stomach.
"It's over… you're done," Amity responded while looking at Mel's shocked look.
"Hehehehe…"
Amity looked confused when she heard Mel chuckle. She looked at her sword then up at Mel who gave her a smile. "What? You… you should have turned to dust!"
"I had you really going for a second there, didn't I? But about that…" Mel backed away, letting the sword slide off of her.
"What?" Luz asked in shock. "But that's impossible!"
"Yeah, Faes are hurt by iron… that should have affected you unless you're a…" Amity tried to find the words as Mel appeared beside her.
"You see, Mittens, and Luzy," Mel told her. "In my time, I have caused a few riots. I was there when Amsterdam fighting over an eel was really chaotic," she said while popping up next to Luz. "I was there during the French revolutions," she said while bringing the two close to her. "The Chicago Riot of '38, I could've done it without Welle's help, and the infamous LA Riots was gold star worthy… unfortunately, these days people prefer to rage behind their computers, which got boring quickly," she admitted while smiling at the two. "Which is why I came here to have some of my own brand of chaotic fun…"
Luz's eyes widened, as well as Amity's when Mel was in front of them. "You… you're not a Fae…"
"Well, not fully," Mel admitted. "I get that from my mother, but I feel like I take after my dad much more…"
"You're…" Amity was about to finish, but Mel did it for them.
"A goddess!" Mel declared as the two gasped, realizing what they were really up against. "And I don't mean metaphorically, rhetorically, poetically, figuratively, theoretically, or any of that fancy sounding shit you mortals make up… I am a god. Straight. Up!"
Luz and Amity backed away as Mel flew up to them. "Let me guess, I'm not the first god you two have met? My daddy, perhaps?"
Luz thought about what she just said and her eyes widened. "You're… Hades's kid?!"
"Bingo!" Mel declared, flying far from them. "I am Melinoe, daughter of Hades and Maleficent, bringer of fear and madness!" she declared while green flames burst behind her dramatically.
Eda decided to intervene, flying up to Mel. "Alright, you stay away from my kids, you purple haired punk!" she said while in her Harpy form. "Oh I'll send you back to the Underworld myself!" she snarled while giving a glare at Mel.
"...That's weird," Mel replied simply before blasting Eda far away from a ring.
"Mom!" Luz and Amity cried out.
"Oh, and Amity, does this belong to you?" she asked, holding Sam with her fists.
"Sam!" Amity shouted, but then she realized what she had blurted out.
"That's cute, you gave it a name," Mel said before she turned to Edtric. "Guess what, Eddie? This may come as a surprise, but your little sister… is a Fae."
The crowd gasped and Edric looked shocked. "What…?"
"Ed, I wanted to tell you and Em when I had the chanc-" Amity tried to say before Mel got in between them.
"I think you've done enough, Mittens!" Mel declared while smiling at her. "Now tell me, who do you think the Boiling Isles fear more? Me? Or a little lavender-haired Fae girl…" Her eyes glowed red as her power spread throughout the crowd.
The crowd screamed as chaos ensued. Everyone affected by Mel started to become mad with terror as they saw their greatest fears. Mel flew up. "Gaze upon your greatest fears! Go wild! It's a free-for-all!" she declared as people started fleeing from the Brawl and others started to fight one another. All hell broke loose.
King held Maurice protectively. "Luz! Amity! Eda!?" he cried before he felt himself getting grabbed by someone…
Felicia was picked up by her ghosts while covering the chaos. "This is Felicia reporting that GODS ARE REAL!"
Edric tried to make his way through the crowd toward his sister. "Amity!" he cried out, only to be hit with something on the back of the head, knocking him out as his glasses fell off his face.
Amity and Luz backed away when they saw the crowd coming toward them, climbing onto the ring. Luz kicked one of them away from them as she grabbed Amity in a bridal style and started to fly up. "Wait! We need to find Ed and King!"
"I know, but we have to get out of here!" Luz said as she flew up, dodging spells.
"Die, Fae!"
"Get out of here!"
Amity looked at the angry crowd. One moment they were cheering for her and now they were shooting at her. Luz looked down in anger and casted ice spells to stop the crowd from blasting at them. Then Luz got shot by a spell, causing them to fall down.
"Luz! Amity!" Boscha cried out while trying to go to their aid. She was then grabbed by someone. It was her cousin, Beck.
"Boscha! We need to get out of here now!" She shouted while carrying Boscha away.
"But Luz and Am…" Boscha said in concern while her family along with Cat and Swan tried to escape from the chaos.
"We can't do anything right now," Samwitch said while creating barriers to protect them from rogue spells. "We need to leave!"
"Folks, this is Hermit reporting that the situation has escalated!" he cried out while hiding in the booth with his demon microphone and camera. "Driva, what do you make… Driva?" He saw that his co-commentator had run loose. "Oh no…"
"I WILL CRUSH YOU!" Driva shouted while assaulting the crowd, having fallen victim to Mel's influence. However, he was then tackled by Roxy, who prevented him from attacking any further.
"You have to stop!" she cried out
Meanwhile, Donna went to help Eda up. "Eda, are you alright?" she asked.
"Ugh, some blast," Eda responded as she came to her senses and saw the chaos that had erupted. "Shit!" she shouted while seeing Camila running up to her, dodging thrown objects and rogue spells.
"Eda! Where are the girls and King?" she asked while Donna saw a large piece of debris flying toward them.
"Look out!" Donna shouted as she jumped in front of them, unleashing her keyblade and slashing at the debris. Eda went to grab Camila protectively.
"We need to find the kids and get out of here," Eda said while slamming a plant glyph on the ground to entangle some of the rioters.
Meanwhile, Nina held onto Lambi while they tried to avoid the chaos, ducking down. "We have to get out of here, now!"
"But the others…" Lambi said while Nina held onto her shoulders.
"Listen, right now I need you to get to safety, Lambi," Nina told her, "This place is too crazy dangerous right now!"
Lambi saw Nina's concerned look, which made the healing girl blush as her eyes shined. But then something else caught her eye. "Braxus!"
"Daddy? Where are you!?" Braxus cried out while looking for his father, not noticing that a magic blast had hit a billboard behind him, causing it to start to fall toward him.
"NO!" Nina rushed over to Braxus using her speed, knowing that she couldn't let this kid die. She reached out to push Braxis out of the way, just as the billboard fell.
CRASH!
"Nina!" Lambi cried out, seeing that after pushing Braxus out of the way, the billboard landed on top of Nina instead.
Donna heard Nina's name called and she turned to see that a billboard had fallen, with Lambi trying to lift it off of Nina. "Oh no…" she said in horror, before getting knocked away by someone, causing her to drop her keyblade, which turned back into a normal key.
As much as Donna wanted to search for it, she instead ran over to help Lambi instead, leaving the key to be picked up by somebody else…
At the Brooke home, everyone was in shock.
"I'm going to stop this," Calypso responded. "I know the Emperor's Coven will be sending scouts there, but I'm going to personally make sure that Nina and Lambi get home safely."
"I want to come with you!" Skara told her mom, who stopped her.
"No, you stay here where it's safe," Calypso told her daughter. "I'll be back."
"What about Luz and Amity? They're still down there too!" Skara pointed out.
"I'll see if I get to them before the scouts," Calypso reassured her as she headed outside, summoning her rat worm with a whistle and riding it to the Brawl.
At the Park home, Willow and Gus both looked shocked and worried.
"Oh no…" Gus said in dread.
"Amity… I can't believe she outed Amity!" Willow cried out.
"Wait, Willow, did you know about this? About Amity?" Sully asked her.
Willow and Gus turned to look at each other before looking back at Willow's dads. "It's… a long story…"
"Chaos! The Bonesborough Brawl has turned into a riot due to one of the competitors turning out to be a god and Amity Goodfellow being revealed to be a Fae!"
The Jeepers family looked shocked as well as Jerbo and Barcus, who shared worried looks.
"Crap," Eve said as she and the SSE and Veronica watched the riot.
"Yoinks, are they saying that Amity's a F-f-fae?!" Korn asked in a panic.
"Don't panic, guys, really," Eve said as she sighed. "I… already knew."
"You did?" Linkin asked her.
Eve gave a nod. "It's something that was supposed to be confidential…"
Amelia checked her scroll, reading Cat's text.
"They got Boscha out, but they were unable to get to Luz and Amity," Amelia told the rest of the Harwitch family. "But Cat and Swan got out of there thanks to Mr. Saltstar."
"Thank Titan," Zebra said with a relieved look.
"Man, this is pretty messed up," Dog replied while Amelia turned to watch the live coverage of the Brawl on the crystal ball.
Matt and Bo looked shocked as they watched the Brawl.
"This… has really taken a turn for the worse," Matt said in shock while Bo looked worried.
"Luz and the others, do you think they will get out?" Bo asked.
"I hope so," Matt responded, though he sounded unsure.
At the old Clawthorne home, Hunter, Lilith, Dell, and Gwen were all shocked to see what just happened.
"Oh Titan…" Gwen said in shock while Hunter and Lilith stood up.
"Come on, we have to help them," Hunter said, knowing full well that the scouts would be after Amity. Was he surprised that Amity was a Fae? Yes. But there were more important things right now.
"Hopefully we can get to them before the Emperor's Coven does," Lilith responded while the two summoned their staffs.
"We are coming with you," Dell insisted as he and Gwen stood up with their staffs.
"We're not going to let Luz and Amity get hurt," Gwen declared.
"Alright, let's go!" Hunter said as they rushed out.
At the Healing Coven, Bump watched the riot in shock and horror. He silently prayed to the Titan that his students would be alright… especially Amity.
"Dear Titan…" Bump said to himself while the events unfolded on his crystal ball.
Alador dropped his wrench after seeing on his Penstagram that there were live reports of what was going down at the Brawl… and they regarded Amity.
"Alador, what's the matter?" Gibson asked him, walking towards him.
"It's the Brawl… everyone's talking about some goddess and-" Alador paused, blinking as he tried to process what he was reading. "They're saying that… Amity's a Fae."
At the Plant Coven, Terra watched the chaos on her CB.
"Oh this is terrific!" Terra laughed while falling out of her bean bag chair. She got up and had a vine hand her some popcorn while she grinned at the madness. "I don't know who this purple haired sprout is, but she really knows how to get a crowd riled up! I wonder what he would think of this…"
The Brawl continued to break out into chaos as fires were started and smoke trailed off into the sky. Eda and Camila looked for their kids.
"Where are they?" Camila asked in worry.
They heard a scream of a demon was launched into the air.
"Over there!" Eda pointed out.
Surrounded by a mob of rioters, Luz was in Maya's form while using her wings to knock everyone away from her and Amity, who hid behind Luz.
"Leave us alone!" Luz snarled as she created a wall of ice around for her and Amity. She then grabbed Amity and flew up in the air with her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, but I don't see Ed anywhere!" Amity shouted while in a panic.
Luz dodged objects being thrown at them while looking down at Mel, glaring at her. "Stop this now! People are getting hurt!" she told the goddess.
"Oh please, why should I care if some mortals get hurt? It's not my fault they break so easily!" Mel responded before she noticed an airship coming towards the Brawl.
"Attention all citizens, do not panic!" the Golden Guard declared while standing with some multi-colored scouts. "The Boiling Isles Guardians are here to handle the Fae threat!"
"The B.I.G.!?" Felicia exclaimed in shock while summoning her ghost cameras. "This is something I have to film!"
"Oh great," Luz groaned. "The Sentai-knockoffs are here."
Mel flew up to them, grinning. "You must be the Golden Guard and his little… menagerie."
"Surrender now, Fae!" the Golden Guard declared.
"Hmm… how about… no!" Mel shot a fireball at the airship, causing it to plummet toward the ground. The Golden Guard used her staff to levitate away while BIG got off of the blip using the wings on their boots.
Scouts were on the ground below to handle crowd control. Cross, dressed as a coven scout, looked up and watched BIG going up against Mel. He wished to join them, but right now Adrian had ordered him to stand by for back up.
"Hope you know what you're doing…" Cross said as he went to look for any injured civilians.
In the sky, Mel looked amused as she faced off against BIG. "So what do you plan to do against me? A god?"
"You like to keep calling yourself that, but you're no Titan!" the Golden Guard declared. "Team, give her all we got!"
The Red Vulture Scout summoned flames from his hands, clapping them together as he shot out a roaring flame shaped like a bird. "Phoenix Clap!"
The Pink Viper Scout created spell circles and summoned large, purple poisonous abomination snakes that popped up to target Mel. "Poison Orochi!"
The Blue Shark Scout summoned boiling waters that formed into a shark and he launched it at her. "Boiling Shark!"
The Yellow Tiger Scout charged some lightning magic, shooting it to create a large bolt. "Electric Bolt Strike!"
The Green Cricket Scout shifted her knees to create a vibration sound wave that formed blades. "Cricket Tunes!"
The Orange Bear Scout summoned a large boulder which was tied to a bear demon with a chainsaw. "Chainsaw Bear Attack!"
The Brown Hamster Scout drew a spell circle, surprisingly summoning a light beam towards Mel. "Um… Light Beam!"
The Golden Guard held up her staff. Emily couldn't believe that she had to do this, but she called out her attack. "Golden Powerful Magic Blast!" There was definitely regret in Emily's tone.
All of the attacks BIG sent out struck Mel and caused a fiery explosion. The explosion in the sky caused everyone below to stop, looking up to see that BIG had unleashed their attacks towards the god. When the smoke cleared, Mel was gone.
"Did we do it?" Skrap asked.
"Of course I did! I always bring on the thunder!" Thunder declared.
"But you shot lightning…" Joana pointed out.
"Whatever, at least we beat her," Venoma said, only to hear a laugh.
"Hehehehehe… wow…" Mel was now floating behind them, catching them by surprise. "Alright, that was cute, you all did a great job… but it wasn't enough."
"Yeah? Well taste this!" Thunder flew up towards her as he raised his fist, but she stopped him mid-air with her wand. With the wave of her wand, she threw Thunder all the way down to the ground, sending him crashing into a concession stand.
"Why you!" Joan went to attack her along with Le'belle. The two flew towards Mel, who redirected them with her wand and sent them crashing into each other. She turned to see Skrap shooting his beams at her, but Mel easily deflected them before blasting Skrap and sending him flying off into the distance…
Skrap crashed through the roof of a house, landing on the floor. He groaned as he got up. "Shit, she hit me good…" he said as he looked around, realizing that he was surrounded by shark demons.
"Whoa," one shark demon spoke up. "Are you wearing sharkface?!"
Realizing what he implied, Skrap raised his hands up and shook his head. "No, nonononono! This is just a mask to wear! Okay, I'm part of this team called BIG, and-" He heard them groan as one of them filmed him with their scroll. "No, guys, seriously, this is all Head Witch Graye's idea and-AAH!" He got kicked by one shark teenager and soon the group of shark demons started beating Skrap up for offending them. "AAAAH!"
Venoma and Alburno unleashed their magical attacks on Mel. But Mel instantly disappeared and reappeared to send Venoma crashing into Alburno. The two fell to the ground.
"Seriously, you are all not even worth killing," Mel declared while she avoided an attack from the Golden Guard's staff. "Oh… it's you…" she said with a smirk.
"You're going to pay for what you did to my team-" The Golden Guard found herself frozen in place as Mel flew up to her with a smirk.
"Oh Mittens!" Mel called out to Amity, earning her and Luz's attention. "Maybe I should make it up to you… Attention, Boiling Isles! Are you interested to see who the Golden Guard is!?"
Everyone, including Felicia with her cameras, looked up as Mel held the Golden Guard in place.
"The Golden Geek, yes it is he, but not as you know him," Mel sang while spinning the golden scout in the air. "Read my lips and come to grips with reality!" She began flying around while dragging the masked scout with her.
"Your system is a bit of a sham," Mel sang. "You're all nothing but lambs! Say hello to your precious Golden Guard! Or should I say…Emily Tricks!"
She used her magic to strip the Golden Guard uniform off of the user, revealing Emily Tricks in nothing but her black onesie before throwing Emily onto the ring below. Everyone gasped, seeing who the Golden Guard turned out to be…
"So the Golden Geek is simply Emily!" Mel continued to sing. "Just a con, need I go on? Take it from me!" she said while grabbing Emily before spinning her around again, making her dizzy. "Her personality flaws give me adequate cause." She smacked Emily down before snapping her fingers. "To send her packing on a one-way trip so her prospects take a terminal dip!"
Suddenly, the ground around Emily started to crack. The green witch girl looked down, seeing the cracks widening around her. Then, to her horror, souls of the damned popped out of it while grabbing Emily's legs, dragging her down to the ground. "No… NO!" she cried out as she was being dragged towards the cracks. "Help me! AAAH!" she screamed as she tried to grab onto something while Mel just continued to sing.
"Her assets frozen, the venue chosen is the pits of the Underworld!" Mel sang while stepping on Emily's fingers.
"Emily!" Cross rushed over, managing to make it to the ring as he went to grab Emily's hand while she was being pulled into the crack. "I got you! Don't let go!"
"I… can't!" Emily cried out as she felt something pulling her in, "AAAAAH!"
Cross held onto her hand as he tried to pull her out. However, her hand slipped out from her glove, causing her to get dragged in. "CROSS!" Emily cried out while being pulled into the Underworld. Tears leaked from her eyes as she vanished from view.
"NOOO!" Cross cried out as before the crack sealed up.
"So long! Ex-Golden Guard!" Mel finished singing before she began to maniacally laugh.
Cross sent a glare to Mel, marching up to her. "You! What did you do with Emily?!" he demanded to know.
"Oh? Who are you? Her boyfriend?" Mel asked as Cross grabbed her collar.
"Answer me!" Cross demanded.
"Easy, easy, hotshot," Mel said as she disappeared and reappeared while leaning on Cross's shoulder. "You see, all I did was give Emily a little permanent vacation in the Underworld," she said casually. "A place where she gets to be tortured in her own personal hell for all eternity. Doesn't that sound fun?"
"What?!" Cross asked in shock.
"Look kid, I'm not one to judge(that's my dad's job)," Mel said with a shrug. "But listen, this is for the best, hm? I mean this wicked witch has a whole list of dastardly evil deeds that she should answer for. Everyone should be thanking me, hell, even worshiping me like the humans used to do. We laugh, we kiss, we schmooze, oh look at the time now," she said as she looked at her watch, which had a devil on it. "Gotta go, see ya never!"
Mel poofed into a cloud of purple smoke, leaving Cross alone. He looked at the chaos that continued to happen around him, then at the spot where Emily had been standing only moments earlier…
Wrath had woken up in the middle of the chaos. But despite everything going on around him, the first thing on his mind was looking for his son.
"Braxus! Where are you!?" Wrath cried out.
"Daddy!" Braxus called out to him. Wrath turned and saw his son over where Lambi and Donna were, trying to move a billboard. He rushed over to hug his son protectively.
"I got you," Wrath told him. "Come on, let's get out of here."
"Wait, daddy, we can't!" Braxus told him, pointing at where Nina was. "Ms. Kitty is stuck there! She pushed me out of the way to save me! You have to help her!"
"What…" Wrath took a closer look as his beady eyes widened when he saw that under the billboard was that werecat… Nina Fangs. "The… werecat… saved you?"
"Please, you have to help her!" Lambi begged while she and Donna tried freeing Nina.
"Please, daddy, save her!" Braxus begged.
Wrath was conflicted, but if he knew that he couldn't refuse his son anything. Even if it meant saving the werecat. And he knew that this werecat saved his son and that without her, he didn't want to think about what would have happened to Braxus.
After he set his son down, Wrath grabbed the billboard. Using his strength, he picked the billboard up, lifting it off of the injured Nina.
"Nina!" Lambi and Donna cried out as they rushed in to pull her out.
"Nina, can you stand?" Donna asked her.
Nina groaned. "How's… the kid?" she asked as she got up, wincing at the pain in her ribs.
"Let me help you," Lambi said while patting her hand to Nina's side, performing a healing spell. "And to answer your question, Braxus is fine."
"Thank you for saving me, Ms. Kitty," Braxus said to her. "I hope you get better!"
Nina smiled. "No problem, squirt," she replied to him as a rat worm showed up with Calypso riding on it.
"Nina!" Calypso shouted. "I'm here to take you and Lambi home. Are you alright?"
"Nothing that some bone mending can't fix," Nina said as Lambi and Donna helped her up onto the rat worm before Lambi got on behind her. Nina looked down at Donna, trying to decide what to say. "Donna… thank you."
Donna just nodded. "You're welcome, Nina," she said simply before she watched them heading away from the chaos.
"Come on, Braxus, let's get out of here," Wrath told his son as they headed away from the fire and the rioting.
Now alone, Donna immediately turned around and ran back to the Brawl to try to help.
Camila and Eda had managed to escape from the riot. The two took a breather after Eda had flown with Camila.
"Luz! Amity!" Camila called out for the girls.
"King? Where are you?" Eda called out as well. "Please, Titan, let them be alright…"
"I lost track of them when this realm's version of the Power Rangers showed up," Camila mentioned. "They should have gotten away, right?"
"They should, Luz knows how to get out of trouble and Amity… oh Titan, we really need to find them," Eda states.
Camila heard a rustle in the bushes and popping out was the demon squirrel that came over to her. "Wait… Maurice?" She knelt down and let Maurice climb into her hand. "Maurice! Oh sweet little thing, you must be scared… where's King?"
Maurice's expression fell, which concerned the both of them as they didn't see King anywhere. Eda looked the most worried. "King…?"
Now a safe distance from the Brawl, Luz and Amity ended up at the Grom Tree. Luz held Amity as they landed, Luz changing back. Ghost popped up from Amity's person.
"What… what the hell just happened?!" Luz asked while still processing everything.
"Mel and her gang… they're not from around here…" Amity realized while shivering.
"I thought there was something funny about one of them," Ghost said while thinking of Blazer.
"I've had my fair shares of meeting gods and deities, but fighting them? Mel… shit, that bitch is that cheapskate's kid!? That riot at the Coven Day Parade… shit that was her!" Luz rambled with an upset tone. "She was a god and I didn't even notice!"
"They're also responsible for drugging Lilith and Odalia into having an affair, and those photos," Amity pointed out, sounding equally as upset. "What… what do we do, Luz?"
"I… I don't know, Ams," Luz said as she leaned on the tree, sliding down while looking tired. Knowing that they're way over their heads "I… I don't know, but what I do know is that Belos is not going to take this lightly at all…"
Amity then realized something else. "Ed… Ed is still out there, I need to find him!" She tried to rush away, but Luz stopped her.
"Amity, no, it's too dangerous right now!" Luz told her.
"But I need to get him away from that psycho!" Amity retorted.
"Right now, we need to lie low! Especially what Belos and everyone else will do to you if they see you!" Luz pointed out while pulling Amity back. "Look, let's find mom and we can use the portal key, hide out in the Human Realm for a while until the heat dies down… probably a long while."
"Hiding isn't my priority right now, right now I need to find Ed!" Amity argued while trying to fly away, while Luz hugged her to keep her from leaving. "Let me go, Luz!"
"I can't! I can't let you go back there!" Luz shouted while flapping her wings down.
"But Ed needs me!" Amity retorted.
"Amity, I love you too much to let you do something this dangerous!" Luz told her.
"When has that ever stopped us?" Amity asked before suddenly the two were pulled away by a purple aura that forced them to be brought down. "OOF!" they cried out, which startled Ghost.
"Geez, I really don't like seeing couples argue," spoke the cloaked figure walking up to them.
As they were let go, they looked at the figure with caution. "Who are you?" Luz demanded while standing protectively in front of her girlfriend. "If you're going to hurt Amity, you have another thing coming!"
"Relax, if I wanted that, I would've done it during your lover's spat," she replied.
"Who are you?" Amity asked again.
The figure removed her cloak, revealing her face. "My name's Kadabe, you may not know me but I was once the top oracle of Glandus."
"Kadabe… I've heard of that name before," Luz said. "Willow mentioned a Glandus oracle switching sides during the war before she disappeared."
"What do you want from us?" Amity asked her, still not sure about this girl.
"Well what I actually want is from you, Ms. Goodfellow," Kadabe said, pointing to Amity. "You see, I've been looking for someone who can help me out with a problem of mine. My oracle abilities told me that I would find this person at the Bonesborough Brawl. And I think who I was looking for was you of all witches… or Faes."
"Part-Fae," Amity clarified. "But why do you need my help?"
"Because of this," Kadabe said while holding up the doll. "I need you to change this girl back."
The two looked at the doll, Amity beginning to recognize her. "No way… she looks like…"
"That Dolly girl?" Luz asked. "Holy shit, we completely forgot about her!"
"Yeah, I know that she's been absent from school for some time, Faust even expelled her for the late absences… and her house was repossessed," Amity recalled. "We just thought that she and her family moved and we didn't care if we never saw her again… what happened to her?"
"Her body got transformed by the Inner Demon," Kadabe explained to them. "I've been looking for a way to change her back or someone to help me, but I haven't had any luck so far."
"You said the Inner Demon did this to her?" Amity asked, realizing that it might have been Puck's magic after what Luz had told her about the incident. "I think I know how he did this, but I'm not sure if I will be able to help her. I can try though and … I can't just leave Dolly in that state."
"Even with all the bad things she's done, I don't think she deserves an 'I must scream' fate, especially from the Inner Demon," Luz admitted while looking at Kadabe. "But after this, you better make sure Dolly stays away from us and our friends."
"Of course," Kadabe replied with a nod. "Just please help her, I'm all she's got now."
As Kadabe placed the doll in Amity's hands, the latter looked at the doll. "Okay… I can do this, I can definitely do this," Amity said to herself, while closing her eyes. "Change Dolly back to normal," she said and as she opened her eyes, she saw the doll glowing brightly. "Hey, it's working…"
But as the light grew and died down, they saw Dolly… who ended up looking wrong and misshapen. Her head was flat with one of her eyes drooping down, her arms were uneven, and her body looked like it was a bag. "GAAH!" they screamed in horror.
"Help… me…" Dolly begged before Amity zapped her back into a doll.
"Okay, that ended up so wrong!" Amity exclaimed. "Sorry… this is my first time trying to undo Fae magic…"
"Hey, don't worry, Ams," Luz reassured her girlfriend. "Just… focus on what you want to happen."
"Please… I've already had to stitch her together again when I found her…" Kadabe said.
"Okay, let me just… let me just visualize it this time," Amity said while holding the doll, shutting her eyes while picturing what she wanted the doll to return to. 'Come on… turn this doll back into Dolly Tempus…' she thought while visualizing Dolly's appearance. The doll started to glow as it floated up from her hands.
Amity's eyes opened and as the flash died down, appearing before them was Dolly Tempus. Her own eyes opened as she looked at her hands. "I'm… I'm back! I'm really, really back!" she cried in joy, tears streaming from her eyes while she looked up at her savior. "Thank you, Amity! Thank you for-" She paused while seeing both Amity and Luz's faces. She looked down. "Oh… I'm very sorry for what I've put you two through."
"Just… why? Why did you decide to mess with us and our friends?" Amity asked her.
"I was under the orders of the Inner Demon," Dolly admitted while looking down. "He said if I do these things for him, I can be young forever like him… but he double-crossed me. I lost my parents because I did what he wanted…"
"Come on, Dolly," Kadabe said while patting the girl's shoulder. "We should leave." She turned to Amity. "Thank you, Amity, for helping her."
"It's no problem, Kadabe," Amity responded as she and Luz watched them leave together.
Luz walked over to Amity. "You did real good, Ams."
"Yeah," Amity replied while looking down. "But we still have our own problems to deal with…"
"Luz, Amity," said a voice.
The two were spooked as they turned to the source of the voice while in defensive positions. But much to their relief, it was just Kitsuni. With her was Mai.
"Come with us," Kitsuni told them.
At the Emperor's Castle, Emperor Belos was watching the live news coverage of the Brawl on mirrors and crystal balls that floated around him. He reviewed the footage of the Golden Guard being stripped down to reveal Emily Tricks, who was then dragged into the Underworld by Mel. This greatly disturbed Belos as now the Isles knew who the Golden Guard's replacement was, along with what they were saying about Amity…
"Well this is surprising," the Horned King commented while standing next to Belos. "The young Amity Goodfellow is revealed to be a Fae, a goddess is walking amongst mortals, and the stand-in was exposed."
"I knew that having Tricks be the Golden Guard stand-in was too risky," Belos said while gripping the arms of his throne. "I will have to talk to Adrian about this…"
"So what's the next move?" the Horned King asked.
"I have already issued an order to place the Isles under lockdown, making everyone stay at home until my forces can deal with the situation," Belos said as he sighed. "I will admit this is a problem, especially with a god from another realm here. But I can rest assure you that I can deal with it and the Day of Unity will still proceed as scheduled."
"Just make sure you keep your end of the bargain," the Horned King reminded him. "Because you know full well what happens to those who try to back out of my deals…"
"Yes, I know, I didn't forget…" Belos said before he heard the door open suddenly.
"Emperor Belos! Emperor Belos!" cried out a coven scout as he rushed in. He didn't see the Horned King, instead running right past it. "You're not going to believe this!"
"What is it now?" Belos asked the scout.
"We found another human in the Isles!"
Belo's eyes widened behind the mask. "What?" he asked in surprise, standing up. "Bring that human to me."
The scout nodded as he turned to give his fellow scout a nod. The other scout came in while holding chains, bringing in the 'human' that was in cuffs. When Belos got a good look at her, he stepped back in shock.
"No…" Belos said, staring at the woman like he had seen a ghost. "It… can't be…"
Eclipsa smiled as she looked up at Belos. "Yes, it is me, my Emperor… the one and only Eclipsa Butterfly."
Despite being taken aback, Belos quickly dismissed the scouts. "Leave the prisoner and me alone."
The scouts quickly left, the door closing behind them. Belos was now left alone with his old friend as he walked up to her. "Eclipsa… is it really…?"
"Take care of my daughter," Eclipsa told him. "That was the last thing I told you. Is my memory correct, Philip?"
"It is you," Belos realized as he removed his mask, revealing his face to her. His eyes looked both relieved… and sad. "And… I failed my promise. Eclipsa, I am so sorry…"
Eclipsa said nothing at first, her face stoic. "You've gotten taller," she noted.
"And you haven't aged a day," Belos noticed. "How are you even here?"
Eclipsa sighed. "I think we have much to talk about, Philip…"
"Dr. Bride! We need you!"
In Latissa, Iggy heard knocking on the door and shouting coming from outside. When she went to answer the door, she saw Viney and Emira helping up the bleeding Leni."Goodness gout, what happened?!" Iggy exclaimed.
"Is Dr. Bride here?" Viney asked as Dr. Bride appeared along with Stella.
"Viney! What's-" Dr. Bride saw the injured girl that was with them. "Oh dear, put her on a bed right now! Glinda, bring the medical kit!"
Viney and Emira brought Leni towards the nearest cot while the wounded girl held her bleeding side. "Fuck, it hurts…"
"Don't worry, you're going to be okay," Viney reassured her.
"I… can't hold it… my longer…" Leni said while groaning.
"Hold what?" Emira asked before she noticed that around Leni's legs was a blue, nightly aura. "Uh… Viney…"
Viney looked down and was shocked as Leni's legs turned into fur-covered hind legs. Bride and Glinda came in with the medical kit and they paused, shocked to see Leni shifting into something different. Their eyes widened when they saw Leni's true form…
In her place was a tall, white furred canine, her gray hair remaining. She had a dark, gray nose and her eyes had red sclera with white irises with dark gray eyeshadow around. There was gray encircling her face, with gray patches on her shoulders underneath her red shirt. Her left ear had two small hoop earrings and her left ear was ragged. She also had a dark, gray bushy tail with white on the underside. She was about taller than the average witch.
This girl was not really a witch of this realm. Rather, she was not a witch, nor a werewolf. Leni was a hellhound and Leni was not even her real name…
Her name… was Loona.
Chapter 100… what a milestone to go, and the Owl House has come to a conclusion… but this fic isn't over yet.
That's right, despite the series officially have ended, it doesn't stop us from continuing on this story as what the Owl House crew would have wanted. They wanted their fans to continue on to support the legend of the Owl House and keep on telling our stories. So I will say to you, fellow Owl House fans who write their fics, to not give up and continue on.
So to start, the OCs:
Hermit J. Fraug: An expy of Kermit the Frog.
Tracy Speedemon: A fast-flyer of Merlin Meadows, she's another MLP expy of Rainbow Dash.
Perfect Gell: A parody of Perfect Cell from Dragon Ball Z, specifically the famous DevilArtemis version of him along with the DBZ: Abridged series.
Driva Nago: An OC submission by ultimate-drax, who's a parody of Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. He wanted his character to appear in this fic and we've found the best place for him to appear. The reason why he only say "I will crush you" was from Ivan's famous line, and that he can only say that like in Groot speak, so he's been casted a subtitle spell to help translate. He's a tough fighter in the Punching League(the Boiling Isles version of Boxing.
The Punching Toad Brothers: Parodies of the Frog Brothers from Cuphead.
Aries Hornston: Based off of that one purple nurse background character, Aries will also be a character that would appear in future chapters.
Jesse: Jesse is an OC by Buck's suggestion, an orphan that's an expy of Anne-Marie from All Dogs Go To Heaven.
The two figures that took an interest in the Brawl, well, they will be brought up in the future. But for now, they will not appear much until the coming arc…
Pickle-O: A Piccolo parody… not much to say about him. Just a pickle man who stands on hills.
D-Josh's fight with Cups and Mugs is a shout out to the genie boss from Cuphead.
Now for some who are surprised that Leni turns out to be Loona, we have been planning on doing a Helluva Boss crossover in a while. So now, next chapter will be crossing over Helluva Boss.
Mel being revealed to be a goddess is pretty much our plan the whole time. In fact, we've planned that she would not only outed Amity, but Emily as well to stir up the pot of chaos. So sorry Matteso, Hades did not appear as you had hoped, cause it wouldn't make a lot of sense that he would, considering that he doesn't really care what Mel does as long as she doesn't bother him. This is an enforcement. And yeah, having her sing a parody of "Prince Ali(Reprise)" is her villain song.
Kadabe is still a wild card, despite her appearance. So wants Amity to change Dolly back, which she did. We've decided that Dolly would be changed back during this chapter, and shown remorse for what she's done after realizing through her time to recount her actions. In the end, she got the Gideon treatment. So now she and Kadabe have each other.
Now for the reviews:
BlueKnight-X2: Yup, a lot of trouble indeed.
Spantidem7: You're half-right.
61394: Like I said, Firebees blew up her home before his string of arsons that got Viney to go investigate and chase him. So by now, Firebees is petrified. And it'll be a while until we get to the family reunion, and no sparkles.
Matteso585: 1) Trini is pretty much the Diamante to Mel's Dofflamingo. 2) Actually, it's not the case. 3) You interpret it right, and obviously she would up til Amity outed her. 4) It was always planned for them to partake in the Brawl, nothing emotionally related or bound to. Just there to have some fun.
Crosshot: Well, Kikimora would still appear but at a minimum. As for your theories, about 4 out of 7 are correct.
Franco Almiron: Trust me, what follows after the Brawl will be another big arc…
Ultimate-drax: Indeed it is, Darius.
Shuffollower: You are going to be broken after reading this chapter. You're right that Roxy will compete. You'll learn soon what the other half of Mel's gang are up to. Manny obviously have died on a different date. And no, Edric didn't partake in the Brawl.
Thirteen-Seven: We'll see.
And now, a special treat to celebrate the milestone and the series finale:
Luz and Amity are shown up at the knee, watching the sunset. They lean close together.
"It never gets old, huh?" Luz asked her girlfriend.
"Nope." Amity replied.
Luz smiles while hanging her arms around Amity "You know… it kinda makes you want to…"
"Break into a song?" Amity looks to Luz at the suggestion.
"Yup." Luz replied, as she starts to sing "I love the mountains…"
"I love the clear red skies…" Amity sang as well.
"I love my garden," Willow sang while at her garden.
"I love when griffins fly," Viney sang while seeing a griffin migration.
"I love the whole Isles," Gus sang while looking at the Titan map.
"And all its sights and sounds," Skara sang while playing her cricket violin.
"Boom-de-yah-da, boom-de-yah-da," the scouts sing as they march "Boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-yah-da!"
"I love the balusters," Lilith sang while displaying the baluster exhibit.
"I love a mystery," Eve states while exploring a haunted mansion with her team.
"I love my Batric." Edric sang while holding Batrick.
"I love to do healing," Emira sang as well, while healing her Uncle Geist's arm.
"I wove this whole Isles!" Tiny Nose declared.
"And all its craziness!" Tyler sang as he flew past her.
"Boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-ya-da," Eda sang while stirring her cauldron.
"Hooty-ya-da! Hooty-ya-da!" Hooty sang while interrupting her concentration.
"I love my gadgets," Alador sang while looking at his handiwork.
"I love butterflies!" Angmar said while in a butterfly sanctuary.
"I love my Matt," Bo states which makes Matt blushed.
"I love this gourmet pie." Danny said while serving himself some pie.
"I love the whole Isles!" Riley states while medicating.
"It's such a wonderful place," Sarah said while joining the two.
"Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da," Odalia sings while looking at her crystal ball.
"Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da," Vitimir sang while mixing his potions.
"Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da," Simon and Boscha sang together while throwing grudgeby at each other.
"Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da," Steve and Sunny sang together while on a date, as the song fades to black...
The sound of a ukulele being played by Luz while she and King as they stand by the door of the Owl House.
Luz: "You're my little-big brother and my very best friend,"
King: "We're buddies forever to the beginning and the end!"
Luz and King: "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody is just weird like you and me!"
Luz flew up around King to land on the other side.
King: "You don't have to look beside me to know that you are there!"
Luz and King appear to be fused due to the illusion "If two things act as one, are they still a pair?" they split back up far a distance "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody's just weird like you and me!" they sang together, as Amity appears from a cloud.
Amity: "I'm the sugar and you're the lemons, we're a weird lemonade! But you're-" she kiss Luz "The loved ones-" she kiss King "That I'd never trade!"
The trio: "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody's just weird like you and me!" they sang while a rainbow appears above them.
Cut to inside the Owl House, where Eda and Raine came close together.
Eda: "You're my right-hand witch and the shoulder that I cry on,"
Raine: "My heart isn't confused, and I'm to lean a while on,"
Raeda: "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody's just weird like you and me!" they hug close together hand to hand.
The cast in order, Willow, Gus, Skara, Andrew, Boscha, Donna, and Hunter while moving back to Luz, King, Amity, Eda and Raine as they sing.
"You can walk, run, swim, roll, hop, skip, or fly, if we're going different ways, you're my kind of guy! Difference doesn't matter, if nobody's the same… there's no two clouds alike in the great, big sky!"
Viney with Puddles: "You can be a griffin,"
Jerbo with Barcus: "A dog."
Bump: "A Principal."
Darius: "An Abomination."
Simon: "Super strong."
Beocrow and Tina: "A pair of goths."
Luz: "Or your mom could be a witch," she points to Eda.
Dusty: "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody is just weird like old Dusty!"
Lindsay: "If you're shy like a mouse,"
Andrea: "Or be as happy as you can be!"
Vee: "You still won't be as weird as a basilisk!"
Lilith in her harpy form: "Or a raven harpy."
Nina laying on a tree: "Nobody's a nobody…"
"Everybody's just weird like you and me!" Donna sang while being held up captive by Nina's tail, smiling at the werecat with a blush.
"Your age doesn't matter, it's only skin-deeep!" Terra fell into a trap door, pulled by Adrian.
"When I'm around these idiots, I get crow's feet." Adrian mutters.
"Nobody's a nobody," Belos sang which surprises Adrian, "And everybody's just weird like you and me…"
Up in the sky where Willow and Skara flying together.
Skara: "So don't be scared to come out of your shell, too…"
Willow: "There's always someone out there who loves the real you!"
Gus, Viney, and Hunter flew around them: "Nobody's a nobody, and everybody's just weird like you and me!"
It was then at Gravity Falls side is when the Falls citizens sing together, which includes Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, Abigail, Nora, Clara, Masha, Vee, Blubs, Durland, Gus Gordon, Rudo, Dana, Pacifica, Candy, and Grenda "You can walk, run, swim, roll, hop, skip or fly,
At New York shows Jake, Randy, Fu Dog, Lao G, Rose, Hailey, Susan, John, Spud, Trixie and Violet singing "If we're going different ways, you're my kind of guy!"
Shifts to California where Marco, Jackie, Janna, Anne, Sprig, Polly and Sasha: "Difference doesn't matter, if nobody's the same!"
Acorn while on top of Kay, sings "The same is for every star in the great, big sky!"
Everybody: "Do, do, do-do, do, do-do, do, do-do-do! Do, do, do-do, do, do-do, do, do-do-do! Nobody's a nobody, and everybody's just weird like you and me!"
Puck who appears to sing the finisher "Weird like you and me…"
The songs used for this little music bit are "I Love The World" from the Discovery Channel campaign, and "Nobody's A Nobody" from The Amazing World of Gumball.
Next chapter, one Helluva crossover...
